Trimaran Ship of the Line?
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 7:23 am
Given the prevalence of the seventy-four in the latter half of the 18th century and the inability for dutch navies to accommodate sizeable SotL due to shallow harbors... Would a trimaran SotL solve their problems?
The larger turning radius aside (Which I doubt is an issue given the line combat system), a trimaran SotL would have the shallow draft they need while accomodating more cannons, would it not? Or is there some inherent drawback of a wooden trimaran SotL that they cannot use it as an alternative to monohull SotLs?
The larger turning radius aside (Which I doubt is an issue given the line combat system), a trimaran SotL would have the shallow draft they need while accomodating more cannons, would it not? Or is there some inherent drawback of a wooden trimaran SotL that they cannot use it as an alternative to monohull SotLs?