:::: Napoleonic Ships & American War of Independence - UNITED STATES
Essex
Code - NPA03
£3.50
Class - 32
Description - U.S.S. ESSEX 32 GUN SHIP
American 5th Rate of 1799. Captured by the Royal
Navy in 1814 and served in the Royal Navy as a 42
gun ship until sold in 1837.
Armament(1812) 40 x 32 pdr carronades
6 x long 18pdr cannon
( R.N.) 26 x 18 pdr, 2 x 9 pdr
14 x 32 pdr carronades
Crew 320
Colour scheme. Black sides with white band along
gun ports. Deck – scrubbed wood. Bulwarks – Red.
