"All at Sea - The 'Fighting' Enterprise Class Frigates" Topic
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| carojon | 18 Jan 2025 2:05 a.m. PST |
The Enterprise-class frigates were the final class of 28-gun sailing frigates of the sixth-rate to be produced for the Royal Navy, and were the smallest ship which met the Admiralty definition of a 'frigate'.
The twenty-seven vessels of the class were designed in 1770 by John Williams, with the first batch of five ships ordered as part of the programme sparked by the Falklands Islands emergency, a dispute with Spain over sovereignty of the islands which saw Spain negotiate an agreement with the British in 1771 after France refused to support Spanish claims.
In the post I take a look at several ships in the class which fought notable actions in the French Revolutionary War, two gaining clasps to the Naval General Service Medal issued in 1847, together with my 1:700 3D print from Simon Mann. If you would like to know more then just follow the link to JJ's link JJ |
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