Black Seas: Spanish Navy Fleet (1770 – 1830)

Black Seas: Spanish Navy Fleet (1770 1830)

The Spanish Navy was beset by mixed fortunes in the Age of Sail, achievinggreat victories and major defeats in an interesting balance. Particularly duringthe Napoleonic era, Spanish allegiances were subject to fluctuations, oftentimesat odds with the British, yet allying with them when the situation suited (suchas their rejection of Napoleon in 1808 even in the wake of Trafalgar inwhich a quarter of the Spanish Navy had been lost).

The Spanish Navy was the largest in the world at the outset of the 1700s,though this diminished to third-largest as the century wore on. Not onlyfighting close to home, the Spanish Navy fought engagements as far away as theCarribean and South America, where they achieved similarly mixed results.

Why sail the Spanish Navy?

When using the National Special Rules, the Spanish Navy allows you to bring ahuge level of firepower in your fleets. Spanish 1st Rates are allowed to takethe Over Gunned upgrade for free adding a heavy and a light cannon to eachbroadside. This is not without compromise, however, as these vessels need tosuccessfully pass a test to travel at full sails, and can never be crewed byveterans. Additionally, veterans for other ships cost more in Spanishfleets.

This means that a Spanish Admiral will need to use extra cunning in theselection of vessels for their fleet, carefully selecting upgrades for theextremely powerful Over Gunned vessels, to offset the decreased manoeuvrabilityand penalty to hit. At the same time, enemy fleets will need to be extremelywary of exposing themselves to the initial broadside of a fully tooled-upSpanish 1st Rate.

Spanish Navy Fleet

Contents:

• 3 plastic frigates
• 6 plastic brigs
• 3 plastic third rates
• 1 resin first-rate
• 1 bomb ships base
• A selection of metal figureheads and backplates for famous SpanishNavy Ships:

San Juan Nepomuceno a 74 gun third-rate ship of the line
Neptuno an 80 gun third-rate ship of the line
Montas a 74 gun third-rate ship of the line
Ceres a 40 gun frigate
Diana a 34 gun frigate
Ninfa a 36 gun frigate

• Spanish Navy Flags, Sails & ratline sheets + Bobbin for Rigging
• Game cards and wake markers

Miniatures supplied unpainted and require assembly.