Board Games-Sails of Glory: Bucentaure 1803/Robuste 1806 – Your Source for Gaming Essentials

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Sails of Glory: Bucentaure 1803/Robuste 1806

The Bucentaure class ships of the line were a class of twentyone 80gun third rates, designed for French Navy by JacquesNol San. These powerful ships had a designed crew of around 500, and they were armed with 30 36Pounder guns in the lowerdeck, 32 24Pounder guns in the upperdeck, 18 12Pounder guns in the quarterdeck.

The Tonnant class was a group of eight 80-gun third rates, designed for French Navy by JacquesNol San. These powerful ships of the line had a designed crew of around 780, and they were armed with 30 32Pounder guns in the lowerdeck, 30 24Pounder guns in the upperdeck, 18 24Pounder guns in the quarterdeck, 2 12Pounder guns in the forecastle.

Bucentaure was the lead ship of her class and was the flagship of ViceAdmiral Latouche Trville, died on board on 18 August 1804. ViceAdmiral Villeneuve hoisted his flag on 6 November 1804 and on board he hosted the FrancoSpanish war council at Cadiz. At the Battle of Trafalgar she was commanded by Capt. Magendie and defeated by Admiral Nelson’s HMS Victory, losing 197 men and with 85 wounded and after three hours of fighting, she surrendered to HMS Conqueror.

This ship pack can also be used to represent the French Bucentaure class ship of the line Robuste 1806.

Designed to be used with the tactical shiptoship game system created by Andrea Angiolino and Andrea Mainini, each Sails of Glory Ship Pack is a readytoplay model, painted and assembled, 100% compatible with any other Sails of Glory game product.

In each pack you will find all you need to play the ship: a special base with gaming stats, a ship log and, a special deck of maneuver cards. The ship base, ship card and ship log are printed on two sides – the game data of a second ship is printed on the back.

Contains:

• One 1/1000 scale model
• Special base with game stats
• 1 ship log
• 1 ship card
• Maneuver cards

Data:
Product Code: SGN115A
Box Size: 11 x 6 x 14 cm
EAN Code: 8054181513288

Notice:
This is not a complete game.You must own a Sails of Glory Starter Set to play.