Obviously there are numerous depictions of naval combat in movies but you don't get a real sense of how naval battles were fought. All you see is a periodic broadside and eventually a ship either sinks or gives up. At what range did broadsides occur? How did ships close the miles and miles of distance between and their intended target? Why was grapeshot not more heavily used? Why was double-shotting not used more often? Could a ship disengage from a battle and have a chance of escaping?

Thanks for taking the time to look through my questions!