Another question which has come up as we pondered about the firepower of my new Algerine castle. We had been working on the extended range that the elevation would give, and just anout decided that two rulers extreme range with the last half at half power of chits to allow for the accuracy dropping off at extreme range, when up popped a question we had not factored in. That of plunging fire. This is sited in several accounts as being very destructive as it plunged through several decks and even the bottom of ships such as Frigates. It would presumeably be harder to hit a ship with plunging fire, without the skipping effect of first graze and the whole side to hit, but if it did hit the damage would be greater.
Any thoughts on this gentlemen, or should we just ignore the whole concept of plunging fire?
Rob.