RE: Battleships and Merchants

G'day,

> Good enough against unarmed merchantmen, but nobody would 
> confuse them with a real warship. Ad would any of the 
> American ships you mention have stood up
> to a ship of the line ? I think not.

Probably not, but we were talking about co-opting merchant ships and
arming
them to be pirates weren't we? Or has my prolonged house cleaning
absence
missed a topic change? Sorry if I've missed it and got muddled.

Cheers

Beth