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Sustaining a Flower-class corvette before Trafalgar

A Flower-class corvette's usefulness before Trafalgar would depend on keeping its machinery supplied and making replacement parts.

Question

How long would a Flower-class corvette last if sent to the pre-Trafalgar era, and what modern equipment should accompany it?

Short answer

Potentially several years with fuel and maintenance; lathes and other tools for replacement parts are the preferred modern cargo.

Notes

The Flower-class corvette would bring a 4-inch gun and a 40 mm pom-pom into the pre-Trafalgar setting. Its commercial-style boiler and relatively simple machinery are judged capable of running for years if kept clean and maintained. Fuel remains a condition: the example assumes oil firing and some flexibility in the oil used. For the one-ton allowance of modern equipment, lathes and other industrial tools are preferred to another ton of 4-inch shells. Those tools would help produce the parts needed to keep the ship operating.