:::: Napoleonic Ships - BRITISH
SHANNON
Code - NS135
£1.35
Description - H.M.S. SHANNON NS135
LARGE BRITISH 38 GUN FRIGATE
One of the largest class of frigates ever built.
Sisters include Leda, Leonidas, Surprise, Briton
Tenedos, Lively, Amphitrite, Diamond, Thetis,
Arethusa, Blanche, Trincomalee, and Tanais,
Armament 28 x 18pdr, 4 x 9 pdr cannon
16 x 32pdr , 2 x 12pdr carronades
Shannon built in 1806, captured the USS Chesapeake
in 1813. She was renamed St. Lawrence in 1844.
