28 August 2015

Singing La Marseillaise

The Acheron (44 guns) from Master and Commander
For those of you who enjoyed my recent review of Osprey's Fighting Sail naval rules (here) and are thinking about getting themselves a French Fleet, these articles at the very informative Weapons and Warfare website will give you more background and insights into the Republican Fleet of the period

http://weaponsandwarfare.com/2015/08/09/napoleonic-french-navy-i/

http://weaponsandwarfare.com/2015/08/09/napoleonic-french-navy-ii/

http://weaponsandwarfare.com/2015/08/07/french-account-of-the-battle-of-the-nile/

And another neat (and brief) overview of Napoleon's Navy:
http://www.thedearsurprise.com/the-french-navy-during-the-napoleonic-era/

The first rate Bretagne (130 guns)
And for the American Revolution period:
http://weaponsandwarfare.com/2015/05/10/french-navy-in-america/

3 comments:

  1. Osprey does put out a number of interesting rule books.

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    1. They do indeed Jason. Focusing on the French Navy of this period in particular are:

      MEN-AT-ARMS 227 - Napoleon's Sea Soldiers
      WARRIOR 97 French Warship Crews 1789–1805

      And of course there are a bunch of other for the RN and specific campaigns.

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  2. "Allons enfants de la patrie..."

    Not my thing, but those links would be useful for anyone planning to get involved.

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