Pictures of French and english frigates

[CannonFodder]

Is there any good pics of French and English 17th century frigates out there?
Crap, I've looked all over the web and can't seem to find any??
I'm just trying to reskin some of the Corvettes and Frigates in the game and I'd love to have a reference.
Thanx...

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[SirChristopherMings]

Cannon Fodder,
This link might be useful;

<a href="http://www.pieceofeight.com/ships.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pieceofeight.com/ships.htm</a> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/keith.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="keith.gif" />

There's always the library.... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />

Here's a picture of a 1660 Dutch Frigate, apparently English Frigates were similar, from <i>Encyclopedia of Ships</i> by Tony Gibbons:

<img src="http://www.pix8.net/pro/pic/332ZK34H/118875.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

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[CannonFodder]

THANK YOU SIR! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="onya.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="onya.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="onya.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="onya.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="onya.gif" />

 

[jmv575]

17th Century Frigate? Frigates didn't really develop as a separate class until late in the 17th.

In the 17th Century, as far as I know, ships didn't really have a standardized way of being painted. Pretty much, each ship was its own ship, and painted likewise.

In the 18th Century ships were painted along general national lines, at least the naval vessels were. Usually the hull would be one color, with a different color running along the gun ports to give a "checkered" look when the ports were open, and a single band look when the ports were closed.

<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->Nation       Hull    Stripe            Nation     Hull    Stripe

Britain       black   yellow            Holland    black   orange

French        black   white             Spain      black  red

U. S. A.      black   white or red      Russia     green   white

Denmark       red     blue              Ottoman    ochre   black

Denmark       black   red<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->

When looking for information on how to paint ships, look to modeling sites and wargamming sites. They usuall have great links to instructions on how to accurately paint ships and armies.

Here is a great site:

<a href="http://my.erinet.com/~bp/pt_napnv.html" target="_blank">http://my.erinet.com/~bp/pt_napnv.html</a>

 

[SirChristopherMings]

Whoa, cool site JMV 575! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />