The HMS Surprise

Welcome aboard the HMS Surprise, the fastest ship in the Royal Navy!

Crew Info: We are group of sailors that play the game Holdfast: Nations at War. We are an active Napoleonic Wars roleplay group that plays Naval and Land battles in North American events as either marines or as sailors on a Brig or Frigate.

Commodore MrMan: http://v1.steam.hlxgame.cc/id/math_team_captain/
Captain Foxy: http://v1.steam.hlxgame.cc/id/tafox

Website: https://www.hmssurprise.navy/

Crew Ranks:
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Commodore - Cmdre
Captain - Cpt
Commander- Cdr
Lieutenant - Lt
Sub Lieutenant- SLt
Midshipman - Msm

Warrant Officer - WO
Standing Officer - SO
Petty Officer - PO

Able seaman - AS
Ordinary seaman - OS
Landsman - LM


Marine Ranks:
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Captain - Cpt
Lieutenant - Lt

Senior Serjeant-SSjt
Serjeant - Sjt
Corporal - Cpl

Lance Corporal - LCpl
Marine - Mrn

Ship Information: Surprise was 126 feet (38 metres) long on the gun-deck and 31 feet (9.45 metres) in beam; she was rated at just under 579 tons (589.5 tonnes). She is usually described as a 28-gun ship, but this was a somewhat artificial reckoning to distinguish her from an unrated post ship on the one hand (such vessels might carry up to 26 guns) and from a 32-gun frigate on the other. In fact her main deck was pierced for 24 guns, while the quarter deck carried a further eight to twelve and her forecastle between two and six, all these being of smaller calibre. The guns on the main deck were either nine-pounder long guns or 32-pounder carronades.