Mighty_Alex Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 HMS Endymion was a 40-gun fifth rate that served in the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, the War of 1812 and during the First Opium War. She was built to the lines of the French prize Pomone captured in 1794. She was the lead ship of her class of six 24-pounder frigates, although the other five ships built to this design were not built until nearly the end of theNapoleonic War. She was famous for her battle with USS President on 15 January 1815, in which she caught the American frigate and crippled her, which led to the President's final capture some hours later. Apart from this, Endymion was known as the fastest sailing-ship in the Royal Navy during the Age of Sail, logging 14.4 knots (26.7 km/h) sailing large, and nearly 11.0 knots (20.4 km/h) close-hauled.[2] Endymion 's last active duty came during the First Opium War and included operations on theYangtze river. She became a receiving ship in 1859 and was broken up in June 1868. Throughout her career, Endymion was praised for her remarkable sailing qualities. She therefore was a highly desirable command for frigate captains. Even in the 1830s, long after her war service, she was regarded as the benchmark for Royal Navy frigates. She was still capable of outsailing much newer ships with which she sailed in company. Tons burthen: 1,277 bm Length: 159 ft 3 in (48.5 m) Beam: 42 ft 7 in (13.0 m) Draught: 15 ft 8 in (4.8 m) Speed: Over 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h) running; 11 knots (13 mph; 20 km/h) close-hauled Complement: 300, increased to 340 during the War of 1812 Armament: Upper deck: 26 × 24-pounder guns (11 kg); From Nov 1803 to 17 May 1813: 26 × 18-pounders (8 kg); From 17 May 1813: 26 × 24-pounder guns QD: 14 (from 17 May 1813: 16) × 32-pounder (15 kg) carronades Fc: 2 × 9-pounders (4 kg) + 4 × 32-pounder carronades https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Endymion_(1797) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_USS_President HMS Endymion closes in on USS President the battle with USS President USS President (left foreground) having surrendered, HMS Endymion (right foreground) is shown without her fore topmast, due to damage she sustained during her duel with the American ship. Plans: 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronald Speirs Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I researched this ship also, the more the better, wonder if anyone is attempting to design her on blender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueEagleGER Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 So this is, concerning sailing and fighting capabilities, the big brother of the Trincomalee? Nice to see the plans for this beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuetzengel Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 i wonder if endymion's speed will get nerfed at release and removed from the shops or later after complains about its use for ganking like it happened to the trinc. anyway, i still hail our american 4th rate overlord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maturin Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 OP as f**k! Be great to see her, though. A Connie-killer for good captains, and a nuclear option for gankers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sella Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Found this little treat in the fb page of NA 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vernon Merrill Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 My speed-fit Reno just became obsolete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Wow! Nice to see her but hell that paint looks like someone was sick lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Connor Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Well, that's an awesome surprise... xD I got to ask though, do NA artists have something against the nelson chequer paintscheme? There is not a single frigate ingame with nelson chequer as the default paintsheme, devs seem to be trying to find every possible alternative to avoid using nelson chequer even though this was one of the best looking and most common paintschemes applied to real ships... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimera Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 (edited) i like the paint...at least its something different edit: but i also like the little hut on the bucentaure ;-) so i might be alone with my taste Edited September 14, 2016 by Chimera 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baptiste Gallouédec Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Maybe the future ugliest paint scheme ^^ worst than the old red cerberus, Ocean's bow and the navybrig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegfried Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 All hail the new ganking tool. I like the paint scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baptiste Gallouédec Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 As long as we get the possibility to craft paint or get more paint schemes from drop, and not only during saturday's events ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzyhead12 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 (edited) [HUGE quote] this will be the new Tagging Metaship edited because of exessive quote usage. Keep your posts clean please. /BungeeLemming Edited September 17, 2016 by BungeeLemming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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