[MOC] Frigate HMS Africane 46 Guns

[boeing_787_8_dreamliner]

HMS Africaine

• 5th rate Frigate
• Armament: -26 x 18 lb longguns

                             -20 x 9 lb longgun

                             -2 x swivel bream

• Crew: 300 man
• Parts: 5274 parts
• Dimensions: -65 cm height

                               -31 cm width

                               -´97 cm length

• Captain: Lord Graham Hammond / Robert Corbet
• Keel laid in Woolwich Dockyards: 08.04.1805   (based on plans by Sir William Rule)
• Launched: 15.09.1807

               

• 1805-1807 build and equipped in Woolwich Dockyards
• 1808-1810 independent use in the Mediterranean Sea 

                   several merchant ships and a privatere hijacked and bought as a prize

• Transferred to Mauritius in early 1810
• May 1810 Recapture of the Hébe formerly Hms Hyaena

 

• Involved in the conquest of Mauritius and Reunion
• Capture of the French frigate Astrée (38 guns)

 

• Transferred to India in 1811
• two French Indian drivers upset as prizes

• In Bombay cpt. Hammond take command of Hms Ajax
• October 1811 Robert Corbet becomes the new Commander

 

• 1812-1815 independent operation off the coast of Sumatra
• March 1815-November 1816 Overtake at Bombay

• 1817 Return to England
• Frigate runs aground by the Cape of Good Hope and sinks
• Captain Corbet and Officer of the Watch are demoted by a court-martial

 

[VaneStream]

Ooooh! This looks great! It really shows that you put alot of effort into the masts and the rigging and it makes it so good to look at. I also love the design and color scheme, very pleasing to the eye.

[Filibbooo]

Wow. Really great work. Looks amazing. I love how yow managed to get a perfect shape of the hull. 

[Third Navigator]

use of original ship's base part and good curves in ship's stern, technic-used small gun, mast pillar as real.

Some of nice parts of this moc. 

[Captain Braunsfeld]

Fantastic ship. Great how you've done the digital rigging.

[Mister Phes]

On 6/19/2022 at 2:10 AM, boeing_787_8_dreamliner said:

HMS Africaine

 

So much attention to detail - especially with the rigging! And the historical overview is extremely interesting!

But at the expense sounding pretentious, is it possible to include renders which depict the crew ?

These builds are great and I'm certainly not implying there is anything wrong with them, but minifigs tend to add another dimension to builds..

[boeing_787_8_dreamliner]

I would agree, but with figures it's a lot of work because you have to add around 50 figures so that it fits, but I'm happy to do that with the next releases.