Quote Originally Posted by David Manley View Post
LD gunports becoming flooding ports and hence being closed in high wind/sea conditions was a pretty common occurrence during the age of sail.
I am aware of that. One of the advantages to the larger spar decked frigates was having higher clearance for main deck gun ports from the waterline. Certainly the LD gun port height from the waterline was a design consideration.

Maybe I am not clear as to what Winfield means by "supersized 74s" to use Diamondback's term. I may have assumed wrongly that he meant the Humphries frigates, especially in this thread titled "American Frigates"