Naval Action Trincomalee

Naval Action Trincomalee adds the Trincomalee, a premium consumable ship described as a chase ship. You can request it from the admiralty once per day if you do not already have the same vessel in your docks. When ordering it, you can choose its frame and planking wood type; admiralty requests are completed instantly. Premium ships cannot be captured by players or traded, and you need an appropriate rank to sail the Trincomalee fully crewed.

The ship is provided without requiring you to haul resources or craft it. You need to buy guns, repairs and other consumables to prepare it for combat; if you use it for purposes such as hauling rather than combat, these supplies are not required. The DLC appears in your redeemable list after you dock at any port.

The Trincomalee

Built from teak in India by master shipbuilder Jamshoot Wadia, the Trincomalee was based on Leda-class designs. Those designs drew on the French ship Hebe, designed by Jacques Sane. Hebe was captured in combat by HMS Rainbow, the first ship to use carronades in combat.

The Trincomalee’s blueprints were taken from HMS Java by USS Constitution. HMS Java had previously been the French ship Renommee. Another Leda-class ship, HMS Shannon, captured Chesapeake, USS Constitution’s sister ship. Sane also designed Ocean, Duguay-Trouin and Redoutable, as well as many ships that fought at Trafalgar. The Trincomalee later served as a training ship alongside HMS Implacable, which had fought at Trafalgar as Duguay-Trouin. It remained in service until 1986 and is now the oldest British warship afloat.