![]() ![]() Although Gironde was damaged, she had suffered no casualties. Gironde captured Bolton in an hour-long fight that killed two passengers and wounded Watson and five men. Next, Bolton had the misfortune to meet the French privateer Gironde, which was armed with 26 guns and had a crew of 260 men. Then Bolton and Dart parted company in a gale. ![]() During the voyage Union started to take on water so her crew transferred to Bolton. These two vessels were also letters of marque, all carrying valuable cargoes of sugar, coffee, indigo and cotton. On 12 March 1801, Leda recaptured Bolton, Captain Watson, a 20-gun letter of marque that had sailed from Demerara to Liverpool some 6 weeks previously in company with Union and Dart. In 1801 he sailed her in the English Channel and to the coast of Egypt. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for 'Leda' (1800), a 38-gun Fifth Rate, Frigate, building at Chatham Dockyard.Ĭaptain George Johnstone Hope commissioned Leda in November 1800. Fc: 2 x 9-pounder guns + 2 x 32-pounder carronades.QD: 8 x 9-pounder guns + 6 x 32-pounder carronades.Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Leda' (1800) H ébé, therefore, has the rare distinction of being the model for both a French and a British frigate class.) Leda was wrecked at the mouth of Milford Haven in 1808, Capt Honeyman was exonerated of all blame, as it was a pilot error. ( Hébé herself was the name vessel for the French Hébé-class frigates. Leda 's design was based on the French Hébé, which the British had captured in 1782. MS Leda, launched in 1800, was the lead ship of a successful class of forty-seven British Royal Navy 38-gun sailing frigates. The first of the largest class of sailing frigates ever built for the Royal Navy. In battles, additionally, the unit xp system has been reworked to give much much higher buffs with higher chevrons, the units stand much closer together and fire much faster (at historically correct speeds) while having poor accuracy at long range.Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in Historyġ8 November 1800 - HMS Leda launched at Chatham. in my current playthrough, i am finding this a pleasantly historical state of affairs. this means small nations can't field large armies, thus their offensive capabilites in grand campaign are all but demolished. It doesnt add new and varied units (which is a mild shame) but it completely overhauls the entire structure of the unit roster- such as line inf becoming very expensive due to prolonged training, artillery having up to 4-6 turn train times and great upkeep costs. That is, until i came back from uni this xmas break and was advised to try out "empire total realism" by someone in the etw has really delivered. perhaps someone else out there can.Īs for empire, I have always found the mods out there were pretty rough-and-ready, sort of great intentions but not fully implemented to the playability stage. ![]() Very historical, and beautiful looking as well! Other than that, if your real gripe is the AI, I can't be of further help. If you haven't played NTW3, give that a shot without a doubt- its the best one out there. I generally agree with your point about darth, i didn't like it because it simply made the AI "harder"- more aggressive to the point of stupidity in some cases. ![]()
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