Wednesday 6 September 2023

Royal Navy Inshore Squadron

It was my day off today and I made the most of it by assembling and basing the ships for a Royal Navy Napoleonic and Revolutionary War inshore squadron. This consists of the following but I will add some more frigates later on:

Flagship '64' 3rd Rate - HMS Diadem

'38' 5th Rate Frigates- HMS Arethusa, HMS Phaeton

'32' 5th Rate Frigates - HMS Juno, HMS Castor

'20' 6th Rate 'Post Ship' (Sloop) - HMS Ariadne

'16' Unrated Sloop of War - HMS Stork

'14' Unrated Brig - HMS Speedy

'10' Unrated Cutter - HMS Sparrow

All of these were actual vessels in service c1800 but I'm also thinking of adding a couple of fictional frigates or sloops to add a narrative element to my scenarios. I'm going to pick up some more 38/40 gun frigates at Colours on Saturday to fill in the gaps, although I can see this project easily mushrooming into something more extensive if I don't keep it tight.


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