Sloop (ETW unit)
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| Range: | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Accuracy: | 70 | 80 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
| Reloading skill: | 60 | 60 | 75 | 60 | 70 |
| Hull strength: | 1322 | 1348 | 1396 | 1322 | 1396 |
| Speed: | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Maneuverability: | High | High | High | High | High |
| Morale: | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| Turns to build: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Recruitment cost: | 550 | 600 | 560 | 540 | 530 |
| Upkeep cost: | 130 | 150 | 140 | 130 | 130 |
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A sloop of war is usually ketch-rigged with two masts. These small vessels handle well in restricted waters.
The ability to navigate in exceptionally shallow or dangerous waters makes sloops very useful in such seas as the reef-strewn waters of the Caribbean. They can also operate without the need for extensive onshore naval facilities nearby. They are also extremely useful as fleet auxiliaries, carrying out communications tasks and vital inshore scouting work, and can hunt down smaller prey such as privateers and small enemy cargo vessels. A sloop-of-war (sometimes a corvette in French service) is a different vessel from a civilian, merchant sloop, having a flush deck, two square-rigged masts, guns, and a larger crew.
Historically, a post captain would rarely command a ship this small. The commanding officer was the “master and commander” (this is the origin of the modern naval rank of commander), and held the formal rank of lieutenant. Captain Cook RN commanded HMS Resolution, a sloop converted from a collier (coal ship), on his epic Pacific voyages and was highly satisfied with its performance. Sloop captains could be aggressive: before his promotion to post captain, Thomas Cochrane commanded the 14-gun HMS Speedy and managed to capture “El Gamo”, a Spanish xebec of 32 guns with a crew six times larger than his own!
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