Admiraal de Ruyter - 1806
The Admiraal de Ruyter was a Dutch 80-gun ship-of-the-line, part of the Wreker Class (translation: Avenger).
7 ships would be build according to Pieter Glavimans' design which was approved by the admiralty in 1795. Supervising the build of the first two vessels, the class' leadship "Wreker" left the dockyard in 1798.
Including "Chatham" and "Admiral Zoutman" the first order of the wreker class' vessels was finished in 1800.
Impressed by the ships' overall performance another batch of four new
So I went ahead and modeled that ship anew - completely. No I have no confirmation that this vessel is gonna be ingame.
But I had a lot of fun modeling that lady once again since I really feel I improved my ability to model ships a lot. I am not 100% done but already the vessel looks beautiful. No colours this time. Only texture I use is transparency for the stern windows. Some rudementary lighting and some crude guns on the weatherdecks.
