Quote Originally Posted by Diamondback View Post
For example, at first Essex's carronade load worked because it was a surprise, but when one or two got away and shared the intel about "American frigate in area, all carronade armament," the cat was out of the bag...
Reminds: I still can't find any data on the armaments of most of_Essex_'s captures -- just the one which became _Essex Junior_. I need to figure out if it would have been possible for _Essex_ to rearm itself to something closer to OEM spec from its victims.