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Say two fleets were to engage each other. The ships are 1850's wooden warships.
One fleet has the numerical advantage with around 55 Warships.
The other Fleet only has about 24 Warships. However all of those ships have new quick firing Breach loading artillery. While the larger fleet only has the slower older artillery designs.