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Defination please!!
Could someone please explain the difference between a FRIGATE and a SLOOP for me please??
I don't have a formal definition, and am not using the term "frigate" in the sim.
To me, "sloop" means a slow, ASW/AA vessel for escort work. "Frigate" would then suggest a faster, ASuW vessel used for scouting and attack missions. But that's just me.
Compare the RN frigates and sloops of WW2 - perhaps that'll help?
J
Sloops are single purpose, frigates are multi purpose.
Frigate = DE I'd say - what the Armada calls a gunboat
Actually
Actually even my RSAN doesn´t stick to my own definition.
In fact sloops arn´t ASW units only. In peacetime I also use them as some kind of patrol boat/gun boat.
Gun boats tend to be units heavily armed and maybe even armored with ASuW weapons.
Frigates (a term not yet used but I plan to build some) are small DEs - multi-purpose ships within the boundaries of their size (below 600ts).
DEs are real small DDs....
The marina Militaire is using; Corvette-slower than 20knts.
Frigate- between 20-30knts
Fast Frigate-over 30knts
Well, I am currently looking on the net to find something.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/combat%20ship
frigate - a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser.
sloop of war - a sailing or steam warship having cannons on only one deck
corvette - a highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer
Will add more as soon as I can find it.
Edit:
Another site with definitions.
Hope the links work...
Walter
Worked for me....very precise and informative, thanx Walter for posting that gem.
With Google, when entering 'Definition', 'Sloop', 'Frigate' and 'Corvette', most stuff you encounter is the sailing vessel types of those three.
Still, in the end it depends on your own ideas.
Walter
well, the Armada uses PGs as convoy escorts, ie in the DE/frigate role, the 600 t escorts are called frigates. Normally they would be called sloop/corvette.
Friday, September 27th 2024, 10:53am
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