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uss frolick reacted to chris watton in Chris Watton and Vanguard Models news and updates Volume 2
No, that would have been a much later namesake, with all of the 1797 Acute Class being decommissioned well before 1812.
Adder was part of a class that was second generation for this specialised type of vessel (The first being Conquest Class in 1794). Later classes like Archer and Confounder are less interesting, as they are nothing more than smaller standard brig hulls and armed with only carronades. Almost a pre curser to the Cherokee Class of brigs, as they were, at that time, expected to operate a lot further from home waters, as the threat of an invasion of Britain receded.
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uss frolick got a reaction from mtaylor in Chris Watton and Vanguard Models news and updates Volume 2
Was this the same 14-gun brig Boxer that fought the USS Enterprise in 1813?
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uss frolick got a reaction from mtaylor in Beautiful contemporary watercolor of the French Corvette La Tourterelle.
From the French site Drouot.com.
The 28-gun "La Tourterelle", or "The Turtledove" - a wonderful name for a man of war - was captured in 1795 by the 32-gun frigate HMS Lively. While the two ships seem to have been a close match for each other, Tourterelle mounted only 8-pounders on her lower deck, while Lively mounted 18-pounders on hers. But the stubborn frenchman just didn't want to give up, and only struck after heavy casualties. Historian William James reported 18 dead and 25 seriously wounded. Tourterelle reportedly even used an oven to heat hot-shot in the action, but to no avail. The painting, a watercolor wash on paper, ("lavis sur papier") shows her at the conclusion of the action, greatly damaged, have lost much of her top-hamper. Tourterelle was a sister ship to L'Unite' - later HMS Surprise. Her draught survives in the NMM and is, IMHO, the prettiest sloop there, and she and the painting closely agree on all the details! She was broken up in 1816.
https://drouot.com/fr/l/10996015
To see a full screen, click the black bar marked, "Voir les Resultats" ("See the results"), then click the four-arrow tab on the left.
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uss frolick got a reaction from Chapman in Beautiful contemporary watercolor of the French Corvette La Tourterelle.
From the French site Drouot.com.
The 28-gun "La Tourterelle", or "The Turtledove" - a wonderful name for a man of war - was captured in 1795 by the 32-gun frigate HMS Lively. While the two ships seem to have been a close match for each other, Tourterelle mounted only 8-pounders on her lower deck, while Lively mounted 18-pounders on hers. But the stubborn frenchman just didn't want to give up, and only struck after heavy casualties. Historian William James reported 18 dead and 25 seriously wounded. Tourterelle reportedly even used an oven to heat hot-shot in the action, but to no avail. The painting, a watercolor wash on paper, ("lavis sur papier") shows her at the conclusion of the action, greatly damaged, have lost much of her top-hamper. Tourterelle was a sister ship to L'Unite' - later HMS Surprise. Her draught survives in the NMM and is, IMHO, the prettiest sloop there, and she and the painting closely agree on all the details! She was broken up in 1816.
https://drouot.com/fr/l/10996015
To see a full screen, click the black bar marked, "Voir les Resultats" ("See the results"), then click the four-arrow tab on the left.
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uss frolick got a reaction from Canute in Beautiful contemporary watercolor of the French Corvette La Tourterelle.
From the French site Drouot.com.
The 28-gun "La Tourterelle", or "The Turtledove" - a wonderful name for a man of war - was captured in 1795 by the 32-gun frigate HMS Lively. While the two ships seem to have been a close match for each other, Tourterelle mounted only 8-pounders on her lower deck, while Lively mounted 18-pounders on hers. But the stubborn frenchman just didn't want to give up, and only struck after heavy casualties. Historian William James reported 18 dead and 25 seriously wounded. Tourterelle reportedly even used an oven to heat hot-shot in the action, but to no avail. The painting, a watercolor wash on paper, ("lavis sur papier") shows her at the conclusion of the action, greatly damaged, have lost much of her top-hamper. Tourterelle was a sister ship to L'Unite' - later HMS Surprise. Her draught survives in the NMM and is, IMHO, the prettiest sloop there, and she and the painting closely agree on all the details! She was broken up in 1816.
https://drouot.com/fr/l/10996015
To see a full screen, click the black bar marked, "Voir les Resultats" ("See the results"), then click the four-arrow tab on the left.
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uss frolick got a reaction from ccoyle in Beautiful contemporary watercolor of the French Corvette La Tourterelle.
From the French site Drouot.com.
The 28-gun "La Tourterelle", or "The Turtledove" - a wonderful name for a man of war - was captured in 1795 by the 32-gun frigate HMS Lively. While the two ships seem to have been a close match for each other, Tourterelle mounted only 8-pounders on her lower deck, while Lively mounted 18-pounders on hers. But the stubborn frenchman just didn't want to give up, and only struck after heavy casualties. Historian William James reported 18 dead and 25 seriously wounded. Tourterelle reportedly even used an oven to heat hot-shot in the action, but to no avail. The painting, a watercolor wash on paper, ("lavis sur papier") shows her at the conclusion of the action, greatly damaged, have lost much of her top-hamper. Tourterelle was a sister ship to L'Unite' - later HMS Surprise. Her draught survives in the NMM and is, IMHO, the prettiest sloop there, and she and the painting closely agree on all the details! She was broken up in 1816.
https://drouot.com/fr/l/10996015
To see a full screen, click the black bar marked, "Voir les Resultats" ("See the results"), then click the four-arrow tab on the left.
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uss frolick got a reaction from bruce d in Beautiful contemporary watercolor of the French Corvette La Tourterelle.
From the French site Drouot.com.
The 28-gun "La Tourterelle", or "The Turtledove" - a wonderful name for a man of war - was captured in 1795 by the 32-gun frigate HMS Lively. While the two ships seem to have been a close match for each other, Tourterelle mounted only 8-pounders on her lower deck, while Lively mounted 18-pounders on hers. But the stubborn frenchman just didn't want to give up, and only struck after heavy casualties. Historian William James reported 18 dead and 25 seriously wounded. Tourterelle reportedly even used an oven to heat hot-shot in the action, but to no avail. The painting, a watercolor wash on paper, ("lavis sur papier") shows her at the conclusion of the action, greatly damaged, have lost much of her top-hamper. Tourterelle was a sister ship to L'Unite' - later HMS Surprise. Her draught survives in the NMM and is, IMHO, the prettiest sloop there, and she and the painting closely agree on all the details! She was broken up in 1816.
https://drouot.com/fr/l/10996015
To see a full screen, click the black bar marked, "Voir les Resultats" ("See the results"), then click the four-arrow tab on the left.
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uss frolick got a reaction from thibaultron in Beautiful contemporary watercolor of the French Corvette La Tourterelle.
From the French site Drouot.com.
The 28-gun "La Tourterelle", or "The Turtledove" - a wonderful name for a man of war - was captured in 1795 by the 32-gun frigate HMS Lively. While the two ships seem to have been a close match for each other, Tourterelle mounted only 8-pounders on her lower deck, while Lively mounted 18-pounders on hers. But the stubborn frenchman just didn't want to give up, and only struck after heavy casualties. Historian William James reported 18 dead and 25 seriously wounded. Tourterelle reportedly even used an oven to heat hot-shot in the action, but to no avail. The painting, a watercolor wash on paper, ("lavis sur papier") shows her at the conclusion of the action, greatly damaged, have lost much of her top-hamper. Tourterelle was a sister ship to L'Unite' - later HMS Surprise. Her draught survives in the NMM and is, IMHO, the prettiest sloop there, and she and the painting closely agree on all the details! She was broken up in 1816.
https://drouot.com/fr/l/10996015
To see a full screen, click the black bar marked, "Voir les Resultats" ("See the results"), then click the four-arrow tab on the left.
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uss frolick reacted to KLarsen in La Mahonesa by KLarsen - Scale 1/48 - stern cross-section
Continuing with the puzzle. Cutting those pieces out by hand was "fun", maybe I should invest in a scroll saw... 🤔
Now I just need to fit everything and then I can sand down the pieces to the correct thickness and slope. Luckily the plans show the slope well, I just need to be careful.
By the way, the stern post seems too high in the photo: in reality it's not, I just didn't align it well enough on the plan when taking the photo. The keel is maybe 0,5mm too tall but I can sand that off later.
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uss frolick got a reaction from Ferrus Manus in Are ZHL kits now legit?
Thanks. I had not heard of the Model Shipyard kit.
I do hope Ancre comes out with a Corvette L'Unite/La Tourterelle (later HMS Surprise) monograph. It would sell rather well.
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uss frolick got a reaction from reilly in Are ZHL kits now legit?
Thanks. I had not heard of the Model Shipyard kit.
I do hope Ancre comes out with a Corvette L'Unite/La Tourterelle (later HMS Surprise) monograph. It would sell rather well.
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uss frolick got a reaction from tkay11 in Are ZHL kits now legit?
Thanks. I had not heard of the Model Shipyard kit.
I do hope Ancre comes out with a Corvette L'Unite/La Tourterelle (later HMS Surprise) monograph. It would sell rather well.
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uss frolick got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Are ZHL kits now legit?
Thanks. I had not heard of the Model Shipyard kit.
I do hope Ancre comes out with a Corvette L'Unite/La Tourterelle (later HMS Surprise) monograph. It would sell rather well.
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uss frolick got a reaction from AJohnson in Are ZHL kits now legit?
Thanks. I had not heard of the Model Shipyard kit.
I do hope Ancre comes out with a Corvette L'Unite/La Tourterelle (later HMS Surprise) monograph. It would sell rather well.
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uss frolick got a reaction from mtaylor in Are ZHL kits now legit?
Thanks. I had not heard of the Model Shipyard kit.
I do hope Ancre comes out with a Corvette L'Unite/La Tourterelle (later HMS Surprise) monograph. It would sell rather well.
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uss frolick got a reaction from Ferrus Manus in Are ZHL kits now legit?
I was just wondering, which kit or commercial plans is ZHL pirating with their 1/48 HMS Surprise kit? That stern doesn't look anything like AL's offering... not that I would buy from a pirate company.
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uss frolick reacted to CharlieZardoz in Brig USS Enterprise 1799 info gathering
Hi yall. As the proprietor of this forum post I shall endeavour to answer. So the only real holy grail worth pursuing is this plan that was made by John Burrows supposedly under the supervision of Howard Chapelle ? It is basically a very well designed plan located at the music Seaport museum and there are actually 2 versions the 1799 and the 1805 version w the minute alterations. What you see here is not the vixen or anything looking like th constructo kit. It's a variation of the Baltimore clipper La superior which came from the same yard/builder or somesuch. It shows a far more shallow design but also high bulwarks like for a naval brig with heavier cannon. Did not have a bowsprit at least not in the early days and while this plan is conjectur it follows the design of the ship as depicted on the corne paintings of the battle at tripoli. As far as I'm concerned this is what Enterprize looked like pretty much.
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uss frolick reacted to Chapman in Brig USS Enterprise 1799 info gathering
Hi Phil!
The plan, according to Italian literature, is the brig cutter Giasone. An expanded version of the cutter class type Enea based on English plans.
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uss frolick reacted to chris watton in Ships at Trafalgar - what kits are available?
I suspect because it was virtually the exact same dimensions as Victory Class, and after spending years developing such a kit, half your enquiries about the kit would be 'Yeah, but when is Victory available, I want Victory'
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uss frolick got a reaction from mtaylor in 17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships
Olha, I thoroughly enjoy both your, and your husband's Youtube channels! Your video on planking the Confederacy was quite informative, and with the music, rather soothing.
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uss frolick reacted to CharlieZardoz in Hampton Roads Naval Museum video: The loss of the USS Cumberland.
Aha yes new year shift in goals. Back to boats. Nyc night life is fun but not like widdling 😛
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uss frolick reacted to mtaylor in Seawatch Books Delivery Problems to Germany
Help with what since you say you recieved them? I am hearing it is taking longer to deliver to some countries from the US but not sure why.
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uss frolick got a reaction from CiscoH in Hampton Roads Naval Museum video: The loss of the USS Cumberland.
Virginia vs. Cumberland, March 8, 1862. An hour well spent:
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