Sails of Glory Expansion: Embuscade 1798

Sails of Glory: Petit Annibal 1782 / Leander 1798

Petit Annibal was originally a British ship, the HMS Hannibal, built by Adams of Bucklers Hard and launched on 26 December 1779. She was subsequently captured by the French ship Héros off the coast of Sumatra, in 1782. She was called Petit Annibal to distinguish her from the eponymous 74?gun Annibal, which was in the same fleet. Admiral Bailli de Suffren took her into his fleet, and she saw servi...

Sails of Glory HMS Royal George 1788

The prestige ships of the British Navy were the three-deckers carefully and lavishly built by the Royal Dockyards and requiring many years of work Rarely commissioned in peace-time and preserved with expensive overhauls and rebuilding the few First Rates served as flagships and they were the strongest units of the line of battle even if they were very difficult to handle Each 100-gun ship had an e...

Sails of Glory: HMS Leopard 1790 / HMS Isis 1774

HMS Leopard saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and was active in Europe East Indies and Egypt In 1807 a group of British sailors – some of American birth – deserted and joined the crew of USS Chesapeake Captain Humphreys commanding Leopard requested permission to search for the deserters Chesapeake’s captain refused and Leopard opened fire capturing t...

Sails of Glory Napoleonic Wars Montagne 1790

The Ocean-class was a series of 16 first-rate 118-gun ships of the line of the French Navy designed by engineer Jacques-Noel Sane Along with the 74-gun of the Temeraire type and the 80-gun of the Tonnant type the Ocean 120-gun type was to become one of the three French standard types of battleships during the war period 1793 to 1815 These were the most powerful ships of the Napoleonic Wars and a t...

Sails of Glory HMS Royal George 1788

The prestige ships of the British Navy were the three-deckers carefully and lavishly built by the Royal Dockyards and requiring many years of work Rarely commissioned in peace-time and preserved with expensive overhauls and rebuilding the few First Rates served as flagships and they were the strongest units of the line of battle even if they were very difficult to handle Each 100-gun ship had an e...

Sails of Glory: HMS Leopard 1790 / HMS Isis 1774

HMS Leopard saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and was active in Europe East Indies and Egypt In 1807 a group of British sailors – some of American birth – deserted and joined the crew of USS Chesapeake Captain Humphreys commanding Leopard requested permission to search for the deserters Chesapeake’s captain refused and Leopard opened fire capturing t...

Sails of Glory Napoleonic Wars Montagne 1790

The Ocean-class was a series of 16 first-rate 118-gun ships of the line of the French Navy designed by engineer Jacques-Noel Sane Along with the 74-gun of the Temeraire type and the 80-gun of the Tonnant type the Ocean 120-gun type was to become one of the three French standard types of battleships during the war period 1793 to 1815 These were the most powerful ships of the Napoleonic Wars and a t...

Sails of Glory: Artesien 1765 / Roland 1771

The Artésien was built in 1765 as part of a series of 12 ships of the line built to compensate losses endured by the French Royal Navy during the Seven Years&39; War The Artésien took part in the American Revolutionary War departing in 1781 A fine 128th scale model of the ship was used to instruct Louis XVI in naval studies and is now on display at the Musée de la Marine This ...

Sails of Glory: Artesien 1765 / Roland 1771

The Artésien was built in 1765 as part of a series of 12 ships of the line built to compensate losses endured by the French Royal Navy during the Seven Years&39; War The Artésien took part in the American Revolutionary War departing in 1781 A fine 128th scale model of the ship was used to instruct Louis XVI in naval studies and is now on display at the Musée de la Marine This ...

Sails of Glory: HMS Leopard 1790 / HMS Isis 1774

HMS Leopard saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and was active in Europe East Indies and Egypt In 1807 a group of British sailors – some of American birth – deserted and joined the crew of USS Chesapeake Captain Humphreys commanding Leopard requested permission to search for the deserters Chesapeake’s captain refused and Leopard opened fire capturing t...

Sails of Glory: Artesien 1765 / Roland 1771

The Artésien was built in 1765 as part of a series of 12 ships of the line built to compensate losses endured by the French Royal Navy during the Seven Years&39; War The Artésien took part in the American Revolutionary War departing in 1781 A fine 128th scale model of the ship was used to instruct Louis XVI in naval studies and is now on display at the Musée de la Marine This ...

Sails of Glory HMS Royal George 1788

The prestige ships of the British Navy were the three-deckers carefully and lavishly built by the Royal Dockyards and requiring many years of work Rarely commissioned in peace-time and preserved with expensive overhauls and rebuilding the few First Rates served as flagships and they were the strongest units of the line of battle even if they were very difficult to handle Each 100-gun ship had an e...

Sails of Glory: San Augustin 1768 / Bahama 1783

The San Agustín was a 74–gun ship of the line built at the royal shipyard in Guarnizo (Santander) in 1768 by Francisco Gautier After fighting during the American War of Independence and in the Battle of Cape St Vincent (1780) she took part of the Napoleonic wars where she fought at the Battle of Algeciras in 1801 and the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 In Trafalgar under the command of Fe...

Sails of Glory: San Augustin 1768 / Bahama 1783

The San Agustín was a 74–gun ship of the line built at the royal shipyard in Guarnizo (Santander) in 1768 by Francisco Gautier After fighting during the American War of Independence and in the Battle of Cape St Vincent (1780) she took part of the Napoleonic wars where she fought at the Battle of Algeciras in 1801 and the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 In Trafalgar under the command of Fe...

Sails of Glory: HMS Leander 1780 / HMS Adamant 1780

HMS Leander launched at Chatham on 1 July 1780 served on the west coast of Africa West Indies and the Halifax station During the French Revolutionary Wars HMS Leander participated in the Battle of the Nile and was captured by French then captured again by Russians and Turks On 25 April 1805 cannon fire from Leander killed an American seaman with the resulting “Leander Affair” that cont...

Sails of Glory: Real Carlos 1787 / Conde de Regla 1786

Real Carlos was a 112–gun three–decker ship of the line built following plans by Romero Landa for Santa Ana She served in the Spanish Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars but was destroyed during the Second Battle of Algeciras with the loss of many of its crew After participating in the capture of San Pietro Island for Spain and Sant&39;Antioco for France in July 1801 she was in A...

Sails of Glory: Real Carlos 1787 / Conde de Regla 1786

Real Carlos was a 112–gun three–decker ship of the line built following plans by Romero Landa for Santa Ana She served in the Spanish Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars but was destroyed during the Second Battle of Algeciras with the loss of many of its crew After participating in the capture of San Pietro Island for Spain and Sant&39;Antioco for France in July 1801 she was in A...

Sails of Glory: Real Carlos 1787 / Conde de Regla 1786

Real Carlos was a 112–gun three–decker ship of the line, built following plans by Romero Landa for Santa Ana. She served in the Spanish Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars, but was destroyed during the Second Battle of Algeciras, with the loss of many of its crew. After participating in the capture of San Pietro Island for Spain and Sant'Antioco for France, in July 1801, she ...

Sails of Glory: San Augustin 1768 / Bahama 1783

The San Agustín was a 74–gun ship of the line built at the royal shipyard in Guarnizo (Santander) in 1768 by Francisco Gautier. After fighting during the American War of Independence and in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780), she took part of the Napoleonic wars, where she fought at the Battle of Algeciras in 1801 and the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. In Trafalgar, under the command...

Sails of Glory: HMS Leopard 1790 / HMS Isis 1774

HMS Leopard saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and was active in Europe, East Indies and Egypt. In 1807, a group of British sailors – some of American birth – deserted and joined the crew of USS Chesapeake. Captain Humphreys, commanding Leopard, requested permission to search for the deserters. Chesapeake’s captain refused, and Leopard opened fire, c...

Sails of Glory: Artesien 1765 / Roland 1771

The Artésien was built in 1765 as part of a series of 12 ships of the line built to compensate losses endured by the French Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War. The Artésien took part in the American Revolutionary War, departing in 1781. A fine 1/28th scale model of the ship was used to instruct Louis XVI in naval studies and is now on display at the Musée de la Marine....

Sails Of Glory Expansion: Embuscade 1798