 The broadside weapons consisted of 18-pounder carronades mounted on slides along both sides.The later gun-brigs developed from this beginning into smaller versions of the brig-sloops with increased draught and seaworthiness, but were less suited for inshore warfare.Compared with the flat-bottomed hulls of the 1794-1800 designs, by the time of the "Confounder" class the hulls had achieved a relatively sharp cross-section, as performance under sail had become a more important consideration than ease of rowing.