Davco Indefatigable & Anson Razeed 44 Gun Ships

One of my favorite built ships is the Davco 64 gun Agamemnon.  The Agamemnon was an Ardent class 64 and so was her sister ship the Indefatigable. When Indefatigable was razeed to a 44 gun ship in 1794, they only removed a deck, they did not shorten her at all. The Langton Indefatigable is shorter than the Langton Agamemnon by quite a bit and of course the Navwar Agamemnon and Indefatigable aren't even close. The Davco models match perfectly with Indefatigable being identical to the Agamemnon minus a deck. I am very happy I chose to model the Davco version of Agamemnon rather than the Langton back when I built it. I still haven' built the Langton ship and will probably build it as the Africa or another class of 64.

So back to the subject of this post. I had two of the Davco Indefatigable hulls so I built the second one as HMS Anson. Anson was a different 64 class, Intrepid, but close enough to the Ardent class with a difference of only 7-1/4 inches in length. .She was also razeed in 1794

Indefatigable:
Length of gun deck = 160'1-1/4"; Beam = 44'5"
Armament: Broadside weight = 480 lbs; Upper gun deck 26 x 24 pdrs; Quarterdeck 4 x 32 pdr carronades & 8 x 12 pdr long guns; Forecastle 4 x 12 pdr long guns & 2 x 32 pdr carronades

Anson
Length of gun deck = 159'6"; Beam = 44'4"
Armament: Broadside weight = 480 lbs; Upper gun deck 26 x 24 pdrs; Quarterdeck 4 x 32 pdr carronades & 8 x 12 pdr long guns; Forecastle 4 x 12 pdr long guns & 2 x 32 pdr carronades

Both ships had long and distinguished careers.

Anson:

As a 64: 1782 Battle of the Saintes

As a frigate: 10/19/1797 took privateer Le Zephyr; 11/17/1797 privateer sloop Le Pailleur; 12/28/97 6th rate corvette La Daphne; 2/8/98 privateer Le Jason; 6/31/98 privateer Mercure; 10/12/98 Battle of Tory Island & took 5th rte frigate La Bellone; 10/16/98 5th rte frigate Loire; 2/2/99 privateer cutter Le Boulonnois; 4/29/1800 privateer ship sloop Hardi; 6/29/00 unrated Le Gibraltar; 10/15/03 privateer La Marguerite; 8/26/06 5th rate Pamona; 1/1/07 Capture of Curacoa; 12/29/1807 wrecked

Indefatigable:

4/22/1796 Took 5th rate frigate Virginie; 6/11/96 privateer brigs Trois Couleurs & Blonde; 10/2/96 privateer schooner Revanche; 1/13/97 drave Les Droits de L'Homme ashore; 4/30/97 privateer Les Basque; 5/11/97 privateer brig Les Nouvelle Eugenie; 10/14/97 unrated cutter ranger & privateer ship L'Hyene; 1/4/98 privateer Le Vengeur; 1/16/98 privateer ship L'Inconceivable; 1/28/98 privateer ship Heureuse Nouvelle; 8/5/98 privateer ship L'Heureux; 8/7/98 6th rate corvette Danae; 12/31/98 privateer ship La Minerva; 5/31/99 privateer ship Venus; 6/99 privateer Le Vengeur; 8/25/1800 Attack on Ferrol; 10/22/00 6th rate corvette Venus; 10/5/04 Battle of Cape St. Maria; 7/31/08 privateer ship Diane; 1/14/09 privateer Clarisse; 1816 broken up