Real-world stuff only, and mostly navy. War Artisan does have a model for an East Indiaman though, and I think a could other merchanters. I'd have to research the actual stats of various pirate ships, he's got a set of 18-22 gun brigs and sloops that might work. As I understand, the vast majority of pirates used small and fast ships, armed well enough to threaten a merchant ship, but not an actual warship. They ran from naval forces when possible, loathe to risk the destruction of their extremely valuable vessel in a pitched battle.
That is correct about pirates...most used ships like brigs, sloops, etc....ships that were small and had a shallow enough draft to get into coves and other hideaways that most navy ships could not...it was a rare pirate like Blackbeard that ran larger ships like the
Queen Anne's Revenge, which was a fairly large merchantman at the time (at least larger than most pirate ships), and after being captured by the French, she was converted for duty as a light frigate as well, but still also used as a merchant...supposedly when Blackbeard captured her, he increased her guns to 40 (most pirate ships had far fewer), and used her to take several prizes over the course of less than a year...he ran her aground (some say on purpose), disbanded the larger portion of his "flotilla", transferred some supplies and crew from the QAR onto the smaller sloop,
Adventure, and continued his pirating for a while until he accepted a pardon...he couldn't give up the life though, and was soon back at it, only to be killed by the Royal Navy...some say he took some killing though, with multiple sword strike (around 20) and bullets (about 5) put into him before he fell, and his head was taken...even after that though, it was said his body, after being tossed in the sea after the beheading, swam around the ship several times before sinking beneath the waves...
And to think, Blackbeard wasn't even the best pirate out there!
Edit: btw, fine job you've done on these...I don't believe I would have the patience or talent to do even a quarter as well...
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