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Ported to OBJ from the generic low-poly model created by Tom Sanford for Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator 2 (CFS2). Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. NO MODEL DOWNLOAD.

The sail frigate of the first half of the 19th century represented the final iteration of the kind of sail-powered warships that had dominated the world's oceans ever since mankind started mounting cannons on their sailing ships for use in sea battles back in the 14th century. By British Admiralty standards, which almost everyone followed at the time, they were large full-rigged three-masted sail-driven warships mounting at least 28 naval cannon mounted at least 14 to a side on the same deck. They were the cruiser class warships of their time, with ships-of-the-line mounting cannon on two or more decks. The type was made obsolete in dramatic fashion in the Battle of Hampton Road on 8-9 December during the America Civil War (ACW). On the very first day of the battle, the new Confederate ironclad warship CSS Virginia (converted from the wreck of the Union screw frigate Merrimac) took on a fleet of Union sail and steam frigates blockading the harbor and came very close to defeating the lot singlehandedly. It destroyed the Union sail frigates USS Congress and USS Cumberland and assisted other Confederate vessels in forcing the screw frigate USS Minnesota to run around in order to avoid a similar fate. She retired for the night to deal with her own battle damage and when she returned the next day, she found the new Union ironclad Monitor waiting for her. The rest is history, as they say. Both England and France immediately stopped construction of all wooden-hulled warships (both screw and steam) in the wake of that battle, and the rest of the world's navies followed suit. The sail frigate was now obsolete, and the type quickly and quietly passed into history. Less than a dozen survive today, and half of these are replicas.

This is a low-poly model with only basic details (very basic!) based on a generic design that Mr. Sanford used for multiple CFS2 sailing ships and such. It is meant to be seen from a distance, and as such works best as a background prop out in a harbor or offshore somewhere. It will fail you if you get too close to it, so be careful in how you use this in your own 3D projects.

This is being posted here under right of attribution to the original creator of a model originally released as free. Please credit Tom Sanford for his original effort. You do not have to credit me for my OBJ port.

For non-profit, non-commercial use only.

Description

Ported to OBJ from the generic low-poly model created by Tom Sanford for Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator 2 (CFS2). Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. NO MODEL DOWNLOAD.

The sail frigate of the first half of the 19th century represented the final iteration of the kind of sail-powered warships that had dominated the world's oceans ever since mankind started mounting cannons on their sailing ships for use in sea battles back in the 14th century. By British Admiralty standards, which almost everyone followed at the time, they were large full-rigged three-masted sail-driven warships mounting at least 28 naval cannon mounted at least 14 to a side on the same deck. They were the cruiser class warships of their time, with ships-of-the-line mounting cannon on two or more decks. The type was made obsolete in dramatic fashion in the Battle of Hampton Road on 8-9 December during the America Civil War (ACW). On the very first day of the battle, the new Confederate ironclad warship CSS Virginia (converted from the wreck of the Union screw frigate Merrimac) took on a fleet of Union sail and steam frigates blockading the harbor and came very close to defeating the lot singlehandedly. It destroyed the Union sail frigates USS Congress and USS Cumberland and assisted other Confederate vessels in forcing the screw frigate USS Minnesota to run around in order to avoid a similar fate. She retired for the night to deal with her own battle damage and when she returned the next day, she found the new Union ironclad Monitor waiting for her. The rest is history, as they say. Both England and France immediately stopped construction of all wooden-hulled warships (both screw and steam) in the wake of that battle, and the rest of the world's navies followed suit. The sail frigate was now obsolete, and the type quickly and quietly passed into history. Less than a dozen survive today, and half of these are replicas.

This is a low-poly model with only basic details (very basic!) based on a generic design that Mr. Sanford used for multiple CFS2 sailing ships and such. It is meant to be seen from a distance, and as such works best as a background prop out in a harbor or offshore somewhere. It will fail you if you get too close to it, so be careful in how you use this in your own 3D projects.

This is being posted here under right of attribution to the original creator of a model originally released as free. Please credit Tom Sanford for his original effort. You do not have to credit me for my OBJ port.

For non-profit, non-commercial use only.