Board Games-Sails of Glory: HMS Africa 1781/HMS Vigilant 1774 – Your Source for Gaming Essentials

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Sails of Glory: HMS Africa 1781/HMS Vigilant 1774

Ardent, Intrepid and Inflexible are classes of 3rd rate ships of the line, armed with 64 cannons and with a designed crew of around 500.

The Inflexibleclass ships were designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade, based on his earlier design for the Albion class. These ships were armed with 26 24Pounder guns in the gundeck, 26 18Pounder guns in the upperdeck, 10 4Pounder guns in the quarterdeck, and 2 9Pounder guns in the forecastle.

HMS Africa participated to the last battle of the American War of Independence, at Cuddalore in 1783. She returned to England once news of the peace arrived and was present at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, engaging the combined FrancoSpanish fleet in battle. She later fought in the Baltic Sea during the Gunboat War and, under the command of Captain John Bastard, Africa was part of the War of 1812, failing to catch the USS Constitution.

This ship pack can also be used to represent the British Intrepid class HMS Vigilant 1774.

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: SGN114C
Box Size: 11 x 6 x 14 cm
EAN Code: 8054181513271

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