Next ship is the HMS Speedy a 14x 4lbs Brig.
HMS Speedy built at Dover 1782. After the Seven Years' War the Royal Navy introduced a new class of brig in 1778. Fast and nimble, the two-masted square-riggers were used as dispatch boats and for convoy protection. Probably the most famous Royal Navy brig was HMS Speedy. She is remembered as the vessel in which Lieutenant Thomas Lord Cochrane, appointed captain Mar 28, 1800, acquired his reputation as one of the most enterprising officers of his day. Speedy was escorting a slow transport when she was set upon by three French frigates. After several hours of combat, Cochrane was forced to haul down his flag. Speedy's subsequent career is unknown, but it is doubtful that she entered French service.
The HMS Speedy is now ready.
Update 23.Nov 2010
+ Fix reverse lighting bug
+ Completely revised and with new textures.
http://www.pyratesahoy.com/potc/pgargon/HMS%20Speedy/HMS_Speedy_1.02.rar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XYAdGC7a2I
HMS Speedy built at Dover 1782. After the Seven Years' War the Royal Navy introduced a new class of brig in 1778. Fast and nimble, the two-masted square-riggers were used as dispatch boats and for convoy protection. Probably the most famous Royal Navy brig was HMS Speedy. She is remembered as the vessel in which Lieutenant Thomas Lord Cochrane, appointed captain Mar 28, 1800, acquired his reputation as one of the most enterprising officers of his day. Speedy was escorting a slow transport when she was set upon by three French frigates. After several hours of combat, Cochrane was forced to haul down his flag. Speedy's subsequent career is unknown, but it is doubtful that she entered French service.
The HMS Speedy is now ready.
Update 23.Nov 2010
+ Fix reverse lighting bug
+ Completely revised and with new textures.
http://www.pyratesahoy.com/potc/pgargon/HMS%20Speedy/HMS_Speedy_1.02.rar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XYAdGC7a2I