Your quite right, the size of the object doesn't matter as long as the "scale representation" of it is consistent. A ship passing a specific line will take the same amount of time to pass, whether the view is enlarged or not. Timing of the passing is constant, no matter what the view.
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The HMS Shannon vs. USS Chesapeake outside Boston Harbor June 1, 1813
USS Chesapeake Captain James Lawrence lay mortally wounded...
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.."tell the men to fire faster, fight 'till she sinks,..boys don't give up the ship!"
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