FSX – 18th Century Frigate HMS Surprise

FSX – 18th Century Frigate HMS Surprise. FSX Frigate HMS Surprise from the 18th century. This sailing ship is based on the former replic HMS Rose, buildt in 1970. For the movie “Master and commander”, regarding Patrick O’Brians famose novel, the boat was restorated to a historical replic of a british frigate of the 18th century. Surprise is now at the Maritime Museum of San Diego. The history of the real ship began 1794 as french sloop Unité, captured by the brits two years later. Renamed to Surprise she served successfully until 1802. The Sim-model is almost complete rigged with hundreds of ropes and has fourteen animated guns, six animated stunsails and six unimated crewmen. Twentyfourt cameras let you explore the whole ship: The deck, the lower gun deck and you can enjoy the sailors views from high above in the masts. The effects allows you to fire broadsides to starboard and port seperatly. The model should run in Acceleration and in FS2004 but it is not tested and not complete configured for FS2004.

FSDS 3.5 model made by Erwin Welker

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