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38-40 cannon is definitely not a big ship. Let's make a simple caculation. 2 for stern, 2 for bow, one level cannon deck 6 for port and starboard, this makes a total 16 cannon.  This looks reasonable layout of the  original Franch slave ship. "Blackbeard" caught it, and the historical source says he likes it because its speed and maneuverability. The slave ship has a lower deck to captive slaves, pls be noticed the lower doesn't mean the deck is below the sea level. So make "slave deck" into a canon deck is not tough. Let's say stern and bow remain 4 cannon total, 18 cannon on each deck for port and starboard, which makes a total 40 cannon warship. The key is the Queen Anne's Revenge has never been a frigate. 

The shipwreck of  the Queen Anne's Revenge has been found and confirmed at somewhere close to the outer banks of North Carolina. If I am not wrong, the North Carolina Maritime Museum involves in a  Queen Anne's Revenge project, which disclosed  and rebuilt the the ship model. You can check it on web.

Let me share what I learned from ChezJfrey and my gaming experience. 

Gentlemen Of Forturn (GOF) series, including 1.2, 2.0, 2.5, ERAS2 are based on City Of Abandoned Ship (COAS), which was developed by Storm2.8 engine. So the interface, main quest lines, most of factors are the same as COAS. ERAS has more historical ships and characters, and be continully updated through 2023. So ERAS II is the newest in the series.

New Horizons (NH), is based on the Pirates of The Caribbean (POTC), which was developed by Storm 2.0 engine. So the interface, characters are different from COAS. 

I have downloaded and played both. To me, I like ERAS2 more, the interface and control are more familiar since COAS is newer than POTC. Moreover, the historical factors in ERAS2 are amazing. 

So, try and play what you like.

One more point, the main modification work "BlackBeard" done was put more cannon in slave deck, which means he made lower storage deck into cannon deck to get more firepower. So some sources may mention the Queen Anne's Revenge has 38 to 40 cannon.  Pirates at that age didn't have capability to make a ship bigger.

Historically, the Queen Anne's Revenge was modified by "BlackBeard" from his captured "La Concorde", a French slave ship, which was a 200-ton ship armed with sixteen cannon and had a crew of seventy-five. The modeling ERAS II used is based on the real ship. The bigger "Queen Anne's Revenge" is in the movie, which is modified to make it impressive. 

Very appreciated for your kindness reply. ERAS is so fabulous that i was immersed into 17 century Caribbean. Thank you for the world you bring to me. 

Chez~ I am a new fan of you. I am playing ERAS II now, which is amazing! Is it the latest version, or GOF2.5 would have more fun? Thanks. 

Thank a lot!  Terrific job of all these MODs!!

I have just downloaded  and being in playing the Historical ERASII. It is absolutely amazing, which makes the new released the Caribbean Legend sucks! Very appreciated for the hard work you guys done.

Since there are several version of games in the download list, would anyone tell me difference among them, so I can have more fun in games. Thanks a lot!