Royal Navy 3rd Rates of Renown by Warlord Games

Black Seas: Royal Navy 3rd Rates of Renown

This box contains three Royal Navy Third Class ships. In addition to plastic parts, the box includes extra metal components to build the following famous ships, all of which participated in the Battle of Trafalgar!

HMS Bellerophon – This 74-gun third-class battleship has a long and storied history, serving during the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. While most of her time was spent on blockades or escorting convoys, she distinguished herself in three fleet actions: the glorious First of June, the Battle of the Nile, and the Battle of Trafalgar. At Trafalgar, she fought a fierce battle against Spanish and French ships, suffering heavy losses, including the death of her captain, John Cooke.

After Trafalgar, she resumed her blockade duties around France and undertook further escort duties in North America between 1813 and 1814. HMS Bellepheron, tasked with blockading Rochefort in 1815, was the ship on which Napoleon boarded to officially surrender to the British after his defeat at Waterloo (which had blocked his escape to America).

HMS Revenge - HMS Revenge was launched on 13 April 1805 and was a 74-gun third-class gun. She belonged to a larger class of 74-gun ships with 24-pounder guns on the upper deck instead of the usual 18-pounder guns.

Newly commissioned and under the command of Captain Robert Moorsom, she served in Admiral Collingwood's column at the Battle of Trafalgar. She served until 1842.

HMS Tonnant – HMS Tonnant, an 80-gun battleship of the Royal Navy, was originally the lead ship of the French Tonnant class. Captured by the British at the Siege of Toulon (August 1793), she was recaptured by the French during the break of the siege (December 1793) and subsequently recaptured by Horatio Nelson's fleet at Aboukir Bay during the Battle of the Nile (1 August 1798). She went on to fight the French at the Battle of Trafalgar.

Tonnant was Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane's flagship during most of the Chesapeake Bay campaigns of the War of 1812. Of particular note is that Francis Scott Key dined aboard the Tonnant as part of negotiations for the release of prisoners. This was due to their knowledge of the impending attack on Baltimore at Fort McHenry. Consequently, he and his shipmates were not allowed to return until after the attack. Witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry, Key wrote the poem "Defense of Fort M'Henry," which later became "The Star-Spangled Banner."

The box contains 3 models with plastic and metal parts.

Models are supplied unpainted.