Looking For A Visual Guide Of Naval Battle Tactics

[Lymark]

Looked up the forum but didn't find anything regarding to this.

I've zero knowledge of naval tactics in the Age of Sail, and would love to learn more about it(Especially Fleet vs Fleet or small group).

Only found something like this on google, I'm sure there should be more,right? It'd be awesome If there's any videos of these tactics in action from other games...

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn105/1sguyyyyy/Diagrams/fleetvsfleet.jpg

[Jared]

Since I read this post I have been searching out of interest to find some authentic maritime tactics diagrams but to no avail, except one, the "Battle of Trafalgar" is probobly the most accurate way of attacking and defending within a fleet, I think it was also called the crossing of the T.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trafalgar (Whether its helpful or not it really is an interesting read.)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Crossing_the_T.png/200px-Crossing_the_T.png


And with a little more reading on maritime ship tactics "Royal Navy as well as rouge Pirates" im making my own small diagrams on getting a slightly better impact out of a close quarters situation with focus on 1v1 as well as larger scale combat, most are from me reading through Theodore Roosevelt's The Naval War of 1812 which you can check out here - http://www.amazon.com/The-Naval-1812-Modern-Library/dp/0375754199

Ill post the diagrams later in the day after I get back from work.
PS. You can also make your own at https://www.draw.io/

[Sohei]

https://youtu.be/tWJaIrWeE54?list=PLzUWGPCQJmphhWkHqwgvLs4aiIfSS_8nW

[Vandos]

A fantasticly extensive guide; http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/3685-a-treatise-on-naval-action-a-complete-guide-mr-doran/

[Volkira]

The only issue is that alot of the players also dont have any true Naval Doctrine knowledge.

So tactics and behaviour in game may seem erratic or odd eg like someone turning up wind to run compared to the decision taken out on the open seas back then.

But many gamers have played many Pirate and Age of Sail games over the years and learnt some off these more traditional tactics.