USS Constitution's "Close Calls"

[Diamondback]

Okay, here we go... just a start for assembling data, I'll fill in blanks in between rounds of fighting with a crippled laptop.

Date/Event	Ships Req'd	Opfor Ships	Special Notes
1800 May 11 Cutting-out of Sandwich	USS Constitution American small sloop Unknown British frigate	French corvette, ex-HM Packet Sandwich Spanish fort at Puerto Plata	poorly documented
1804 Aug 3 Bombardment of Tripoli			need more info
1812 Jul 21 Squadron Escape	USS Consttitution	64 HMS Africa (SGN114) 38 HMS Shannon (SGN105) 38 HMS Guerriere (SGN105) 36 HMS Belvidera (uncertain) 32 HMS Aeolus (uncertain)	needs a lot of Special Rules
1812 Aug 19 Guerriere	USS Constitution	38 HMS Guerriere (SGN105)
1812 Dec 30 Java	USS Constitution	38 HMS Java (SGN105)
1815 Feb 20 Cyane & Levant	USS Constitution	20 HMS Levant

Levant is a flushdecker, akin to a bigger version of USS Thorn. (464 tons vs 305; 20x32#crde vs 18-20x6#). I would start with a Swan model, bulk up Thorn's hull and gunnery stats but weaken maneuverability. Banterers like Cyane are problematic; they have full QD/FC and are 8' shorter than a 1773 Amazon 32.

Proposed stats for playtest:

Ship	HMS Cyane	HMS Levant	USS Constitution 1812
Burden	2	2	5
Boxes	8	8	9
Veer	7-8	7-8	5
Man Deck	better than A/C worse than G	better than A/C worse than G	L
Main Battery	22x32#crde	20x32#crde	30x24#
Sec. Battery	6x18#crde	2x6#	20x32#crde
Ter. Battery	4x6#	NA	2x24# (stern chaser)
Total BSW (kg)	190	148	400
Main Gun-line	3-3-2-2-2-1-1-X	3-2-2-2-1-1-1-X	6-5-5-5-4-3-3-2-1-X

My gut says these gun stats are a little weak; they're based on "Generic Heavy/Light Sixth Rate" stats I cut down from the Amazons; even though they're both Light (20-22 gun ratings) Levant throws half-again the broadside of a 12-pdr 32 and Cyane almost double.