Re: Tough to destroy ships (was Unhuman War)

>
>      I thought quite a few ships WERE indeed sunk during the Battle of
>      Trafalgar (or at least the campaign near the Nile) - in fact I
believe
>      some of the French ships were actually blown up by lucky hits on
their
>      powder magazines (not uncommon in those days).
>
>      Also, some of the cannon-shot (the exploding kind) were consciously
>      designed to start BIG fires on the enemy vessels - afterall, wood
>      burns well, doesn't it ;-)!?  I remember researching this MANY years

>      ago when I was trying to build my own cannons with similar
"incendary
>      grenade" like projectiles (I know - illegal, but boy was it fun!)
>
>      -Jon
>
 Not for a Gnome.