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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: carojon on 05 August 2023, 09:51:27 AM

Title: All at Sea - The Fourth-Rate Ship of the Line
Post by: carojon on 05 August 2023, 09:51:27 AM

Work continues to plug gaps in the age of sail collection of 1:700 model ships with the recent addition of some much needed fourth rates, two British and one Dutch.

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizY5iaV-BBqRsXYH-jQ2cwRKio6GO3K8_jqwppLA1r2t-cHgXj1yxhsgXdxiaj5zKQxgZH_3ZoCOFYisCpL3XWoffLqlr-w2Zn3kvHqnFlcHwQ42EP6XFlR9nvZd7tNTlxbEUl2-oC6tRxusLlyQGYTtfuEGLNujgYnv1NI-gRvLN2wJBOnLCbac6p9QU/s3723/P1100770a.jpg)

As I illustrate in the post, these vessels were neither suited to taking their place in the line of battle or acting in the role of a cruiser, finding their inadequacies only emphasised by developments in warship design by the 1790's and yet they were still in many nations orders of battle, with several examples of them acting in both roles.

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7wRt4tWCd0WMIviR5bf732yp0Kfn-6CZ0CTQLibl2zQ1luipYyX9u6n9OcjlpQvhvEmKI8Qh7kx5zltYG8sEMgW3jU7l5z2g3Pkls0rd12fiLDS4brty4cnuett9nEA4oa2a2K29r19hGTgBjrRNTKPC_UToUJUfx3T_o_J5dhHPgffYKxvI4Yjf0D0I/s3500/P1100761a.jpg)

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

https://jjwargames.blogspot.com/2023/08/all-at-sea-fourth-rate-ships-of-line.html

JJ

Title: Re: All at Sea - The Fourth-Rate Ship of the Line
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on 05 August 2023, 04:18:01 PM

Looking awesome, as always mate!

Title: Re: All at Sea - The Fourth-Rate Ship of the Line
Post by: carojon on 05 August 2023, 05:49:39 PM

Hi GG thank you, glad you like them.

JJ