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Date Posted: 19:44:58 04/20/08 Sun
Author: Albert Parker
Subject: Re: Speed of British bomb vessels
In reply to: Gerardo 's message, "Speed of British bomb vessels" on 17:28:48 04/20/08 Sun

As we can see, bombs weren't built for speed—or for handiness, either (unlike fireships, for which speed and maneuverability were advantages, and which could be exploited for those qualities as corsair-hunters when not expected to be needed for their primary role). Since they were useful only against land installations, they would often accompany a fleet on an amphibious operations that included at least some ships of the line, and thus did not need to be able to keep up with frigates. I guess that if they were attached to a lighter frigate squadron for an operation against weaker fortifications, the frigates would just have to slow down to let them keep up.

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