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Spanish - Argonauta 1806 - 74-Guns, Third Rate Ship of the Line

By: Ares Games

Type: Miniatures Box Set

Product Line: Sails of Glory - Napoleonic Wars - Ship Packs - Series III (1/1000)

MSRP old price: $21.90


Product Info

Title
Spanish - Argonauta 1806 - 74-Guns, Third Rate Ship of the Line
Publisher
Publish Year
2015
Dimensions
4.25x5.5x2.5"
NKG Part #
2147572168
MFG. Part #
AGSSGN102C
Type
Miniatures Box Set

Description

The Temeraire Class ships of the line was and remains the most numerous class of capital ships ever built. These third-rate, 74- guns ships had a designed crew of 700. They were armed with 28 36-Pounder guns in the lower deck, 30 18-Pounder guns in the upperdeck, and 16 8-Pounder guns in the quarterdeck and in the forecastle. The 74-guns Argonauta was a ship-of-the-line of the Spanish Armada that had previously served in the French Navy under the name Argonaute and participated to the battle of Trafalgar.

She was transferred to the Spanish fleet in 1806 in exchange for the Vencedor. After a short career, it was used as prison ship in Cadiz during the French siege of the city. On 26th of May, French prisoners broke their mooring lines and ship went adrift and wrecked. In order to prevent the French from using it, British and Spanish sent gunners boats to set fire to the ship: Argonauta was destroyed by flames and sunk on 29th of May 1810. 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. This ship pack can also be used to represent the Spanish Temeraire Class ship-of-the-line "Heroe 1808". Designed to be used with the tactical ship-to ship

game system created by Andrea Angiolino and Andrea Mainini, each Sails of Glory Ship Pack is a ready-to-play 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 with the ship: a special base with gaming stats, a ship log and a specific deck of maneuver cards.

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