Talk:Action of 7 February 1813

Date when Amelia sighted Princess-Charlotte
This must be "On 5 February" not January. ThePro (talk) 17:06, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Battle
"Aréthuse answered by hoisting the Union Jack and firing a shot." This must be Amelia.ThePro (talk) 17:08, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

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The number of cannons on the Amelia
According to the info box, she had 38, but the cannons mentioned in the text add up to 46. Which is correct? 212.59.34.21 (talk) 09:10, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Neither. Amelia was rated as a 38 gun frigate.  In Royal Navy practice of the late 1700's and early 1800's the ship's rating did not directly reflect the number of guns, but rather the size of the crew (as well as things like the size of spars and sails allocated, and the captain's salary).  Since long guns took a larger gun crew than carronades, the number of guns which could be handled with a given crew size depended on the mix of long and carronades mounted.  That said, the 46 cannon number comes from a French author, and is almost certainly incorrect (no other RN ship of that type mounted so many carronades); it was common in that era for commanders to over-state the size of their opponent in their reports.  Winfield gives Amelia's armament as 28 18-pounders and 2 9-pounders, which is also quite likely incorrect, even tho RN ships on foreign stations sometimes did carry reduced armament.  28 18-pounders, 4 9-pounders, and somewhere between 8 and 12 carronades seems more likely (based on sister ship HMS Sybille), which would total 40 to 44 cannon.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:589:300:CA70:0:0:0:ED5A (talk) 17:05, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Coordinates
The coordinates listed lead to a location in the Indian Ocean near Mauritius, while the location given is near Guinea in the Atlantic. SorichZiSorania (talk) 06:22, 7 February 2022 (UTC)