1:2400 Age of Sail: The Algeciras Campaign 1801 - Progress

Hi all,

Just to let you all know that progress is being made on this lot:

There will be painted for me by the brilliantly talented Richard Phillips!

Thanks for looking!

Peter

1:2400 Age of Sail: The Algeciras Campaign 1801

Hi all,

I have recently decided to go completely insane and build and rig a couple of fleets for the Napoleonic period...

Anyway, these will be for the fairly balanced (in terms of the number of ships involved) battles around Gibraltar and Algeciras in 1801.

The plan is to do the full orbat and the initial purchases are:

Rear-Admiral of the Blue Saumarez's squadron

HMS Caesar, Third rate, 80           Royal Navy          Rear-Admiral Sir James Saumarez

Captain Jahleel Brenton

HMS Superb, Third rate, 74           Royal Navy          Captain Richard Goodwin Keats

HMS Spencer, Third rate, 74           Royal Navy          Captain Henry Darby      

HMS Pompee, Third rate, 74           Royal Navy          Captain Charles Stirling

HMS Hannibal, Third rate, 74           Royal Navy          Captain Solomon Ferris

HMS Venerable, Third rate, 74           Royal Navy          Captain Samuel Hood    

HMS Audacious, Third rate, 74           Royal Navy          Captain Shuldham Peard              

HMS Thames, Frigate, 32           Royal Navy          Captain Aiskew Hollis     

Carlotta, Frigate, 38           Portuguese Navy             Captain Crawfurd Duncan            

HMS Calpe, Brig, 14           Royal Navy          Commander George Dundas      

Louisa, Brig, 14           Hired                     Lieutenant William Truscott        

Vice-Admiral Moreno's squadron

Real Carlos, First rate, 112         Spain     Captain Don J. Esquerra

San Hermenegildo, First rate, 112         Spain     Captain Don J. Emparran              

San Fernando, Second rate, 96           Spain     Captain Don J. Malina

Argonauta, Third rate, 80           Spain     Captain Don J. Herrera

San Agustín, Third rate, 74           Spain     Captain Don R. Jopete

Formidable, Third rate, 80           France  Captain Amable-Gilles Troude

Desaix, Third rate, 74           France  Captain Christy de la Pallière

Indomptable, Third rate, 80           France  Captain Claude Touffet

Saint Antoine, Third rate, 74           France  Commodore Julien Le Ray

Santa Sabina, Frigate, 34           Spain     Vice-Admiral Don Juan Joaquin de Moreno

                                                                  Contre-amiral Charles Linois

Muiron, Frigate, 40           France  Captain Jules-François Martinencq

Libre, Frigate, 40           France  Captain Proteau

Vautour, Lugger, 14           France  Lieutenant Kémel

Perla, Frigate, 34           Spain     Unknown

1:2400 Naval Warfare: Flagships of the fleet!

Hi,

Just a quick comparison shot of the two battleship squadron flagships. Probably the best looking WW1 capital ships in my opinion!

Many thanks!

1:2400 Naval Warfare: Radetzky Class Pre-Dreadnoughts

Hi all,

Once again there is progress on the Austrians! This time it is the semi dreadnoughts of the Radetzky Class.

1:2400 Naval Warfare: Hussar class destroyers

Hi all,

Work has been quite manic so progress on my prey dreadnoughts has been slower than expected. Instead please enjoy the first of 4 destroyer squadrons for my KuK!

The Huszár class was a class of destroyers built for the Austro-HungarianNavy before the First World War. They were built to a design by the British shipbuilder Yarrow Shipbuilders, who built the first ship, with a further 11 ships being built in Austrian and Hungarian yards between 1905 and 1909.



The base has come out slightly lighter than the originals and I have to confess I don't like it as much. Ah well, plenty more to do!

Peter

1:2400 Naval Warfare: Tegetthoff Class Dreadnoughts

My first completed ships!!!

The Tegetthoff class (sometimes called the Viribus Unitis class) was the sole class of dreadnought battleship built for the Austro-Hungarian navy. Four ships were built; SMS Viribus Unitis, SMS Tegetthoff, SMS Prinz Eugen with SMS Szent Istvan following later in the war.

The Austrian government ordered the construction of a new fleet in 1908 following the announcement of the start of construction of first dreadnought for the Regia Marina (the Italian navy): the RN Dante Alighieri. The chief designer of the Austro-Hungarian navy, Siegfried Popper, was nearly blind at this stage (he was retired before the ships were launched), and some have blamed this for design deficiencies of the class of ships.

The ships of this class were among the first ships to utilise triple gun turrets for its main armament, the first one being the Italian battleship Dante Alighieri whom the Austrian ships were supposed to act against in a war; as for the Italian ship, this choice made it possible to deliver a heavier broadside than other dreadnoughts of a similar size. The triple turret was built at the Škoda Works, in Plzeň, Bohemia, and was available at short notice because Škoda were already working on a design for an order for the Russian navy

The colours have become a bit washed out in the photos (the sea especially looking a bit grey/purple) but I am still chuffed by them! Especially so considering their size.

And the fleet flagship in close up:

What do ya think?

1:2400 Naval Warfare: The one that started it all...

Whilst I'm at it I would thought I would post a pic of the test ship I painted, it was meant to be a one off not the precursor to purchasing an entire battle fleet!

Please ignore the name tag, its a WIP.lol

The base is actually a composite of two smaller mdf bases on a cardstock base - it will be replaced in the course of time but it was all I had to hand. Worked for testing out my idea for sculpting a seascape I can live with though!

1:2400 Naval Warfare: The Austro-Hungarian Navy in 1914 ... or my 1:2400 version of it!

Hi all,

Inspired by a totally new period, scale and genre of wargame I have decided to set up a blog to chronicle this and further escapades. OK enough rambling, here is the point of the post.

In 1914 the Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine (Imperial and Royal War Navy), abbreviated as k.u.k. Kriegsmarine was a modern, if modestly sized, fleet that had several excellent capital ships but a severe shortage of scout cruisers. My 1:2400 sized version will be similarly handicapped for the moment, if only because there aren't that many models around to choose from that don't require conversion work!

The OOB is;-

Austrian Fleet Manoeuvres 1914

1st Battle Squadron, 1st Division: Tegetthof, Viribus Unitis and Prinz Eugen 





1st Battle Squadron, 2nd Division: Radetzky, Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand, and Zrínyi







The Cruiser Squadron: Sankt Georg, Kaiser Karl VI







Destroyer Escorts: Huszar Class









Wish me luck!