Naval Action - Trincomalee

Naval Action - Trincomalee.

This is a premium consumable ship. It is not refundable. You must have an appropriate rank to sail it fully crewed.

The Beautiful Trincomalee. The ultimate chase ship.

• Trincomalee was built in from Teak in India by the master shipbuilder Jamshoot Wadia

• Wadia Group is still operating in India and owns multiple businesses including an airline and a cricket team

• Trincomalee blueprints were stolen from HMS Java by USS Constitution

• HMS Java was originally French sailing under name of "Renommee"

• Trincomalee was built based on the Leda Class designs

• Interestingly enough, another Leda Class ship HMS Shannon, captured USS Constitution weaker sister-ship Chesapeake

• Leda class design was based on the French ship "Hebe"

• Hebe was captured in combat by HMS Rainbow which was the first combat use of the Carronades

• Hebe was designed by Jacques Sane

• Sane also designed the Ocean, Duguay-Trouin, the Redoutable. A lot of ships at Trafalgar were designed by Sane

• Trincomalee was a training ship alongside HMS Implacable. Implacable was at Trafalgar under the name Duguay-Trouin

• Trincomalee operated till 1986

• These days Trincomalee is the oldest British warship afloat!

About premium consumable vessels.

Premium ships cannot be captured by players or traded. You can request this vessel from the admiralty once a day as long as you don't have the same vessel already in your docks. You will be able to request the frame and planking wood type when ordering a ship. Admiralty requests for this ship will be completed instantly.

Imported DLC ships allows you to ignore hauling of resources and crafting receiving the ship for free: Just buy guns, repairs, and other consumables and you are good to go. If you don't plan to use the ship for combat - for example for hauling - you don't even need guns, repairs and consumables.

DLC will appear in your redeemable list after you dock to any port. You must have an appropriate rank to sail it fully crewed.