AdamC: Lafayette's frigate Hermione

 My next ships the odd lady out of the French Navy Box. The reason is she's the only one of the named ships to miss the Napoleonic Wars. 

Hermione is famous as the ship that brought Lafayette to America the second time. It also brought news of the impending departure of the Expedition Particular in which my own regiment Saintonge took part. She was the third ship in the French Navy to receive a copper bottom.

Warlord probably couldn't resist the opportunity to do a ship that it had a live model for.

Hermione had an active career with several captures to her name and credible combat record including a draw against a British Frigate. apparently she also sighted the USS Bonhomme Richard... But both ships decided to "Avoid action."

I've seen to it that she sails here under her proper Bourbon colors.  An error we in the reenacting community noted with modern ship when she visited. I wanted to show her next to l'Orient so you can get a sense of the difference in size. For points frigates have been set as 18 I'll ask 5 more for rigging and maybe 2 more for sales and flags making this an even 25 points. 

StuartL suggested a comparison with another miniature so here is the ship next to a 15mm figure. Warlord calls there scale 1/700 though some say the smaller ships are in a larger scale (perhaps as high as 1/500) 15mm is about 1/100 if my memory is correct.