'Minerva' Mastercraft Frigate

'Minerva' Mastercraft Frigate

A Level 50, 44-gun Large Warship

Historical rating: 36-gun Fifth Rate

SAILING Sailing These parameters determine how your ship sails. Max Speed: Maximum Speed How fast your ship can move in battles. Improving battle speed does not improve Open Sea speed. Acceleration: Acceleration Determines how fast the ship gains speed. Deceleration: Deceleration Determines how fast the ship loses speed. Lower values are better if you want to maintain speed, higher values are better if you want to stop quickly. Turning (Fast): Fast Turn Rate The Ship's turn rate in degrees per second. This is how fast the ship turns if it is moving at maximum speed. Turning (Slow): Slow Turn Rate The Ship's turn rate in degrees per second. This is how fast the ship turns if it is moving at a speed of at least 4 knots. Turning Accel: Max Turning Acceleration This shows how fast a ship accelerates into a turn. The higher the value, the faster the ship reaches its maximum turn rate. Turning Decel: Min Turning Deceleration Ships gradually suffer less deceleration as they turn. This shows a minimum amount of deceleration a ship has when turning. Lower numbers (relative to other acceleration stats) are better. Best Point: Best Point The wind angle at which the ship can attain its maximum speed. The wind comes from angle 0o, and angle 180o is running with the wind at your back. SHIP Capacity: Capacity How many units of cargo the ship can hold. O.S. Visibility: Open Sea Visibility How far away other ships will spot you on the open sea. O.S. Spotting: Open Sea Spotting Increases your spotting range, allowing you to detect ships beyond their O.S. Visibility. Crew: Crew The maximum number of crew on your ship. Shows the fighting strength of your crew. Target Tracking: Target Tracking Reduces the accuracy penalties you suffer due to your movement and your target's movement. Improves your chance to hit fast moving ships.	17.30 1.29 2.60 8.50 4.70 6.57 8.20 135 100 60.7 0.0 195 19	50 ( Large) 4 24371 LEVEL (SIZE): Level and Size The level required to use this ship, and the size of the hull. DURABILITY: Durability The number of ships you have left. Decreases by 1 whenever the ship is defeated in combat (with the exception of skirmish). INSURANCE VALUE: Insurance Value Amount of doubloons you will receive for this ship if she is sunk or scuttled.
		HEALTH Health The ship's Health stats show how much damage it can sustain. Hull: Hull (Structure) The internal structure of your ship. When your structure runs out, your ship sinks. Port: Port (Left) The ship's port armor. Armor facings protect the ship's hull. Stbd: Starboard (Right) The ship's starboard armor. Armor facings protect the ship's hull. Bow: Bow (Front) The ship's bow armor. Armor facings protect the ship's hull. Stern: Stern (Rear) The ship's stern armor. Armor facings protect the ship's hull. Sails: Sails & Masts Shows how much damage the ship's sails and masts can sustain. Ships lose speed as they take sail damage.	Integ. Integrity The ship's Integrity stats show how much damage it can sustain. 1715 1240 1240 625 310 2375		DR Damage Reduction Shows how much the ship's armor reduces the damage it receives. - 6 6 5 4 5
		MODIFIERS Modifiers These change your chance to hit, chance to get hit and the damage you take. Sails: Sails Offense, defense and resistance values for your ship's sails and masts. Crew: Crew Offense, defense and resistance values for your ship's crew. Bow: Bow (Front) Offense, defense and resistance values for your ship's bow armor. Stern: Stern (Rear) Offense, defense and resistance values for your ship's stern armor. Sides: Broadsides (Left & Right) Offense, defense and resistance values for your ship's broadsides. Grapple: Grappling Grappling offense makes it easier to board ships. Grappling defense protects you against hostile boarding attempts.	OFF Offense Offensive modifiers are a percentage increase to your chance to hit. The numbers here include any benefits from 'Accuracy, All' items. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0	DEF Defense Defensive modifiers are a percentage decrease to the chance enemies will hit you. The numbers here include any benefits from 'Defense, All' items. 28.0 27.0 27.0 27.0 27.0 0.0	RES Resistance Resistance is a percentage reduction in the damage you take. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -
BATTERIES Batteries The guns on your ship are divided into batteries. Guns within a single battery are identical and are controlled as a group. Type Quantity & Weight This shows number and size of the guns in the battery. Heavier guns do more damage, have longer range and penetrate armor better. Lighter guns reload faster and are better at dealing sustained damage against unarmored targets. Reload Reload The time it takes to reload the entire battery of guns, in seconds. Damage Maximum Damage This shows how much damage each cannon can do at minimum range using heavy round shot. Damage gradually decreases as your target gets farther away. Range Maximum Range This shows how far the cannons can fire heavy round shot. Other ammo types modify this range. Acc Accuracy This shows the cannon's percentage chance to hit a standard target at 200 or 400 yards away. The chance to hit is increased based on target size, and decreases based on movement. 200 / 400 Accuracy This shows the cannon's percentage chance to hit a standard target at 200 or 400 yards away. The chance to hit is increased based on target size, and decreases based on movement. Swivels: Swivel guns fire anti-personnel shot, spraying enemy decks with a lethal cloud of musket-balls. 4x 1/2lb 5.0s 8.0 125y -- / -- Topdeck: 18x 9lb 22.3s 30.0 750y 148 / 156 Gundeck: 18x 12lb 29.5s 33.0 750y 148 / 156 Fore guns: Guns in the front of the ship, also known as bowchasers. 2x 9lb 22.3s 30.0 750y 148 / 156 Aft guns: Guns in the back of the ship, also known as sternchasers. 2x 12lb 29.5s 33.0 750y 148 / 156 Polars Upwind & Luffing Close Haul Close Haul Beam Reach Beam Reach Broad Reach Broad Reach Running 30% - 37.5% 5.19 - 6.49 knots 45° 14.01 knots 81% 14.01 knots 81% 16 knots92.5% 92.5%16 knots 17.3 knots 100% 17.3 knots 100% 16 knots 92.5% Open Sea Speed: 63

Information based on version 02.12.39.00 Current game version is 2.15.46.0

Versions:
02.10.57.00

A custom-built Minerva made with superior craftsmanship and materials. Her upper-deck 8 pounders have been replaced with 9 pounders, she has slightly better armor and a faster reload than a standard Minerva.

Variants

• 'Minerva' Frigate
• 'Vengeance' Privateer Frigate

History

The Minerva class sailing frigates were a series of four ships built to a 1778 design by Sir Edward Hunt. Minerva Frigates served in the Royal Navy during the latter decades of the eighteenth century. read more...

Strategy and Use

The Minerva was built like a greyhound, light and fast. Use her bow chasers to nip at the enemy until you can close and bite down hard with full broadsides from both gun decks.

This is an excellent ship for a new Captain to cut his teeth on in PvP due to its low cost. It also has the highest OS speed of any frigate in the game with exception of the Vengeance. This fact makes it a great ship for doing missions that require lots of sailing, but still require decent firepower once you get there. Add a couple of general OS Speed mods to help cut those long ocean voyages short.

The fast batteries on this warship make it a solid medium-to-close range damage dealer. Captains should rely on its basic top speed and lean towards heavy armor fits it in order to become a serious threat to huge frigates in broadside contests.