Naval Action Leopard

Naval Action Leopard adds HMS Leopard, a premium consumable ship. The Portland-class fourth rate has 50 nominal guns and served during the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 between the United States and Britain. You need an appropriate rank to sail it with a full crew.

The Leopard affair

HMS Leopard became known for its 1807 confrontation with USS Chesapeake, an incident that helped cause the War of 1812. While Leopard patrolled the Virginia coast, Jenkin Ratford, a former tailor serving aboard the British ship, deserted by boat to Norfolk and joined Chesapeake's crew. When Chesapeake left Norfolk in June 1807, Leopard intercepted it and its commander asked to search for deserters. American commodore James Barron refused to muster his crew for inspection, and Leopard fired a barrage that killed three Americans and wounded eighteen. British officers boarded the crippled Chesapeake and seized several suspected deserters, including Ratford. Barron was suspended from the US Navy without pay for failing to account for the likelihood of action; Ratford was hanged from the yardarm of his former ship, HMS Halifax.

Using the ship

The ship cannot be captured by other players or traded. You can request it from the admiralty once per day, provided you do not already have the same vessel in your docks. When ordering it, you can choose the frame and planking wood type, and the admiralty completes the request instantly. The ship lets you bypass hauling resources and crafting; you only need to buy guns, repairs and other consumables. For uses such as hauling, you do not need guns, repairs or consumables if you do not plan to fight.