Torpedo War, and Submarine Explosions

by Robert Fulton

Rates		Number of guns	Number of guns of each nature								Carronades
			42	32	24	18	12	9	6		32	24	18	12
1st	—	100	28	-	28	-	30	-	18		2	6	-	-
2d	—	98	-	28	-	30	40	-	-		2	-	6	-
3d		80	-	26	-	26	-	24	1					-
		74	-	28	-	28	-	18	-		2	-	6	-
		70	-	28	-	28	-	14	-					-
		64	-	-	26	26	-	12	-		-	2	6	-
4th		60	-	-	24	-	26	-	10		-	-	-	-
		50	-	-	22	-	22	-	6		-	6	-	6
5th		44	-	-	-	20	22	-	6		-	-	8	-
		36	-	-	-	26	2	8	-		8	-	-	-
		32	-	-	-	-	26	-	6		-	6	-	-
6th		28	-	-	8	-	-	24	4		-	6	-	-
		24	-	-	-	-	-	22	2		-	2	6	-
		20	-	-	-	-	-	20	-		-	-	-	8
Sloops		18	-	-	-	-	-	-	18		-	-	-	8

For "Notes on Vessels of War of the United States" see [pages 6 and 7].

Dimensions of Ships, Number of Men, and Draught of Water

Number of Guns	Length on the Gun-deck		Extreme Breadth		Compliment of		Depth of water required for each
					Sailors	Marines
	Ft.	In.	Ft.	In.	Num.	Officers	Feet
110	190	0	53	0	875	1 Cap. 3 Subs.	24
100	186	0	52	0	875	Do.	24
98	180	0	50	0	750	Do.	23
90	177	6	49	0	750	Do.	23
80	182	0	49	6	650	Do.	18
74	182	0	48	7	650	Do.	18
74	169	0	46	11	650	Do.	18
64	160	0	44	6	650	1 Cap. 2 Subs.	18
50	146	0	40	6	420	2 Lieutenants.	16
44	140	9	38	8	300	1 Subaltern.	16
38	144	0	39	0	300	Do.	16
36	142	0	38	0	300	Do.	16
32	126	0	35	4	300	Do.	15
28	120	0	33	6	200	Do.	15
24	114	7	32	3	200	Do.	15
20	108	0	30	0	200	Do.	15
18	110	0	29	6	125	Sergeant.	13
16	106	0	28	0	125	Do.	13

N. B. The usual Complement of Marines is one for every gun in the ship
For "Notes on Vessels of War of the United States" see [pages 6 and 7].

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[Transcriber's Note]

The Plates were moved to the start of the section describing them.

Hyphenation was standardized.