This looks like it has all the makings of a Great Game, and you are obviously putting lots of work into it.
So...please, please !! use the names of real ships by class of the periods your representing. So far as I can tell from your home page Tutorials that`s not the case now.
The OOB`s of both the RN, French, and US Navies of this time frame is readly available.
I hope this link works, while not complete it is very accurate for the Napolonic Wars
http://home.gci.net/~stall/shiplst1.htm
This would add so much to the realism you seem committed to.
Real Ships Names
Threaded Mode