# Talk:Action of 18 November 1809

As a courtesy I am leaving a notice that I am preparing a new, expanded and sourced version of this article in my Userspace and it should be pasted up here in about a week. If anyone has any comment then by all means drop me a line.--Jackyd101 (talk) 23:46, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Text is now complete and in place ahead of schedule. For the history ofthe constuction of this in my user space, see the history of the redirect User:Jackyd101/Action of 18 November 1809.--Jackyd101 (talk) 00:36, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

The usual confusion over tonnage which afflicts non-nautical authors was present in this article.  The British East Indiamen were approximately 800 tons burthen, which is a measure of volume, not weight.  The displacement (weight) of a ship cannot be determined from it's burthen; an East Indiaman of 800 tons burthen would have displaced around 1200 - 1400 tons (displacement is always in long tons or tonnes, except for vessels on US inland waterways).  Ship builders of the early 1800's did not calculate displacement, since there was no conceivable use for such a measurement.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:589:300:CA70:0:0:0:32A5 (talk) 22:31, 18 November 2020 (UTC)