Cruel Seas: Black Swan-Class Sloop

This Skytrex exclusive kit contains the following:

• x1 Black Swan-Class Sloop model.
• x1 Huge Wake Marker and x1 Royal Navy flag sheet. 

Please note that no physical ship card will be included with this model however rules and digital ship cards can be downloaded from the links below.

Ship Cards specifically for the Black Swan-Class Sloop can be found here: front & back.

Further rules for one variant of the Black Swan-Class Sloop can also be found in the Cruel Seas Rulebook on Page 94 with different points costs and armaments.

"The Black Swan class and Modified Black Swan class were two classes of sloop of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy. Twelve Black Swans were launched between 1939 and 1943, including four for the Royal Indian Navy; twenty-five Modified Black Swans were launched between 1942 and 1945, including two for the Royal Indian Navy; several other ships were cancelled.

Like corvettes, sloops of that period were specialised convoy-defence vessels. Corvettes were based on a mercantile design with triple expansion engines, sloops were conventional naval vessels with turbines. Sloops were larger and faster with a heavy armament of high angle 4-inch guns which had superior anti-aircraft fire control via the Fuze Keeping Clock, while retaining excellent anti-submarine capability. They were designed to have a longer range than a destroyer at the expense of a lower top speed, while remaining capable of outrunning surfaced Type VII and Type IX U-boats."

Contains; 1 resin and metal Ship 1/350th scale.

Metals components supplied with this kit include spare funnels and spotlights should replacements be required.

Model supplied unassembled and unpainted