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Dutch navy : Sauerkraut and no scurvy
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Texas finally embracing its Spanish heritage 😭🙏
The glass canon build.
Korean Navy: "One Admiral with adamantine balls and enclosed decks".
The British have repeatedly spanked the Spanish in naval battles because British canons had superior range and could obliterate the Spanish before they got close enough to do any damage. Big guns with short range are not nearly as good as small canons with long range.
Are you saying Anglicans are bigger than Catholics?
I don't know about that. The largest dude I've seen was in Shreveport Louisiana. I was going to pick up some fried alligator and hush puppies from a small place deep in the ghetto. This dude walks out and gets into his car and the car made this sickening creaking crunching sound as he sat down. I'm genuinely shocked he was still able to walk at all. Still I knew I'd made the right choice in ordering from there.
American navy during this era:
the key to victory is defining victory as any navy battle you sail away from. emphasize speed over all other attributes. if you engage in battle, it had better be a hit and run tactic
I thought it was "Pay other people to fight our battles for us" :p
lol fair. but then errybody was getting in on that action
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_ship_Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_la_Sant%C3%ADsima_Trinidad
Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad, nicknamed La Real, was a ship of the line of the Spanish Navy which was the largest warship in the world when launched. She originally mounted 112 guns, which was increased between 1795 and 1796 to 130 guns by closing in the spar deck between the quarterdeck and forecastle. In 1802 Santísima Trinidad was further upgraded to 140 guns, including four guns on the poop deck, effectively creating a continuous fourth gundeck, although the extra guns added were relatively small. She was the most heavily armed ship in the world when rebuilt, and bore the most guns of any ship of the line outfitted in the Age of Sail.
Meanwhile the Dutch:
We'll casually navigate up the river Medway and destroy the entire British fleet in the harbour
Hehe poop deck.
Yes, I know that's not where the poop goes since it's originally a Fr🤮nch term for stern, but in my head cannon it is.
I like to shoot grapeshot out of my head cannon
"Enemy ship sighted to the North!"
"Roger that! Commence removal of 'North'!"
I like that you translated the Fr*nch into a real language.
Muchos cañones = Mucho daño
Portuguese .... screw the guns, let's see how far we can sail this ship from all these other guys