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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: carojon on October 25, 2020, 09:35:26 AM

Title: All at Sea - Formidable
Post by: carojon on October 25, 2020, 09:35:26 AM

For most of her career the 80-gun Tonnant class, Le Formidable was a flagship in the French Mediterranean Squadron based at Toulon.

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Seeing action at both battles of Algeciras in 1801 and the battles of Cape Finisterre, Cape Trafalgar and Cape Ortegal in 1805, perhaps her crowning achievement was to sail into Cadiz under the command of Captain Amable Troude, later dubbed the French Horatius by Naopoleon, to rapturous applause from a waiting crowd that had witnessed her fight off shore.

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If you would like to know more then just follow the link to JJ's

https://jjwargames.blogspot.com/2020/10/all-at-sea-french-third-rates-of-renown_25.html

JJ

Title: Re: All at Sea - Formidable
Post by: pauld on October 25, 2020, 12:54:37 PM

I absolutely adore your work - truly stunning and outrageously prolific. 

I tip my metaphorical hat to you sir, bravo!

Title: Re: All at Sea - Formidable
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on October 25, 2020, 06:26:44 PM

Gorgeous!

Title: Re: All at Sea - Formidable
Post by: carojon on October 26, 2020, 10:49:43 PM

Thank you chaps, your comments are very much appreciated.

JJ

Title: Re: All at Sea - Formidable
Post by: darthfozzywig on October 27, 2020, 03:02:22 AM

Lovely!

Title: Re: All at Sea - Formidable
Post by: ErikB on October 27, 2020, 03:08:58 AM

Sacré bleu !

Title: Re: All at Sea - Formidable
Post by: carojon on October 27, 2020, 10:15:16 AM

Thanks chaps, glad you like the new addition.
JJ

Title: Re: All at Sea - Formidable
Post by: warrenpeace on October 28, 2020, 02:05:09 AM

Beautiful! Just getting interested in this naval period again.

Title: Re: All at Sea - Formidable
Post by: carojon on October 28, 2020, 08:15:33 AM

Thank you.
Well me too in away. I have a large collection of 1.1200 Langton’s which came out on the table occasionally but when I saw these models on debut at Salute a couple of years ago, I decided that this scale had a lot to offer and the detail has reinvigorated my interest in age of sail.

JJ