- Aug 19, 2014
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well it was ONLY A100 ton vessel--- THUS rather small --BUT IT WAS PART OF A TREASURE FLEET -- SMUGGLING WAS RAMPET …. a patache was a small light fast vessel used to carry dispatches FROM VESSEL TO VESSEL and go in shallow waters to fetch up water / food supplies for the fleets larger vessels …(350 TONS ) CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR THE CARGO MANIFEST AND LIST OF FOLKS ABOARD HER
Ivan I tried to respond via your msg's to no avail due to your current status with your msg's as I stated before... SO... I will throw it onto this thread rather than the other one.
First and foremost I want to clear up some discrepancies concerning the overall picture here concerning your ship in question and Patache's in general as well... but the ehhhh anyway....
Most people are not aware that Pataches were NOT just a "dispatch" vessel... although they did perform this task regularly Pataches performed a multitude of things but it may surprise you to know that the were designed to be a form of protection as a form of warship... WHEN outfitted with more guns.
Also they averaged 30 ton naked without armaments...
Ok I will just cut to the chase... here is my "rule of thumb" concerning patache's... 6 cannon = Standard run... no importance of mission. MORE cannon = Importance of cargo or mission... more cannon = more important.
Also... I cannot find anything concerning your "Persa"... which either means one of two things... 1. The info you have is ? ? ? (not sure what to think.) 2. I have not found her yet.
I will add more as time permits...