Creators: Bava, Captain Armstrong
The Southampton was begun by Bava several years ago, and is now being completed and brought up to Hearts of Oak detail by Captain Armstrong.
She was one of the first two 12pdr armed frigate designs built for the Royal Navy to counter French 12pdr frigates which had been in production for the decade leading up to the Seven Years' War.
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Creators: Bava, Captain Armstrong The Southampton was begun by Bava several years ago, and is now being completed and brought up to Hearts of Oak detail by Captain Armstrong. She was one of the first two 12pdr armed frigate designs built for the Royal Navy to counter French 12pdr frigates which had been in production for the decade leading up to the Seven Years' War.
Creators: Bava, Captain Armstrong The Southampton was begun by Bava several years ago, and is now being completed and brought up to Hearts of Oak detail by Captain Armstrong. She was one of the first two 12pdr armed frigate designs built for the Royal Navy to counter French 12pdr frigates which had been in production for the decade leading up to the Seven Years' War.