Belle Poule

Belle Poule
Rate	5th Rate
Guns	38
Chasers	Stern Chasers
Broadside Weight Cannon Broadside Weight 198 pd Carronade Broadside Weight 568 pd
Battle Rating	180
Total Crew	280
Sailing Crew	110
Minimum Crew	{{{Minimum Crew}}}
Max Speed	12.31 kn
Turn Rate	3.25
Structure Bow Armour Hit Points 956 Side Armour Hit Points 3825 Stern Armour Hit Points 383 Structure Hit Points 1913
Armour Bow Armour Thickness 36 cm Side Armour Thickness 60 cm Stern Armour Thickness 24 cm
Sail Hit Points	3825
Mast Thickness	108 cm
Rigging Type	Square
Draught	Deep
Cargo Capacity	474
Cargo Slots	16
Crafting Level	15

 General Description

One of the most popular frigates in the game, the Belle Poule is considered the best all around 12-pounder frigate. She has a nice balance of speed, maneuverability and firepower.

Armament

The Belle Poule being a 12pd frigate can carry 12pd cannons on her gun deck, alternatively she can also carry 32pd carronades on her gun deck. On her weather deck she can carry either 6pd cannons or 24pd carronades. Her stern chasers similarly to the weather deck can either be 6pd cannons or 24pd carronades

Deck	Cannon Count	Cannon Size	Carronade Size
Gun Deck	28	12pd	32pd
Weather Deck	10	6pd	24pd
Stern Chasers	2	6pd	24pd

Characteristics

The Belle Poule is largely equivalent to the generic Frigate, having the same number of crew and guns, except the generic Frigate can carry 18-pounder guns on her lower deck One would think that this would be a major weakness, but the Belle Poule has more structure than the frigate does. Her hull shape, similar to the Renommee, makes shots seem to ricochet more off of her hull. The Belle Poule also seems to be one of the easiest frigates to sail, as she seems to be very forgiving while tacking.

Here is the Sailing Profile of the Belle Poule. She sails much like the Frigate; sluggishly, with a poor turn rate and a narrow sailing preference between points 135 and 150. Similar to the other frigates, the Belle Poule will lose speed but perform somewhat decently on a beam reach but sailing upwind is punished with a rapid loss of way.

A flaw with her is that she does not have bow chasers, thus making her less effective in trying to chase down an enemy in the battle instance.

History

HMS Belle Poule was a Royal Navy fifth-rate frigate, formerly Belle Poule, a Virginie-class frigate of the French Navy, which was built by the Crucy family's shipyard at Basse-Indre to a design by Jacques-Noël Sané. She was launched on 17 April 1802, and saw active service in the East, but in 1806 a British squadron under Sir John Borlase Warren captured her off La Palma in the Canary Islands. The Admiralty commissioned her into the Royal Navy as HMS Belle Poule. She was sold in 1816.

How to get Crafting recipe

You can get the crafting recipe of the Belle Poule by crafting Frigates or Renommees, you can also get the recipe by Breaking up Belle Poules

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Last Verified	Name
25/09/2017	bobk