USS Constitution's "Close Calls"

[Wentworth]

HA ! I've been doing the same thing! The Sandwich was armed with 14 twelve pounder carronades. Approximately 100 sailors and Marines stormed the Spanish fort covering the harbor and after a brief fight spiked the forts guns and made it back to the Sally and Sandwich to sail out to the Constitution. Apparently the boarding party from the Sally met only brief resistance from the Sandwich crew before they were neutralized. Thinking of playing this one out on the table soon. As for Ares models, I will use either the HMS Swan (18 guns) or the French sloop Alligator (14 guns) for the Sandwich (British built but sailing under a letter of marque). The entire expedition including the assault on the Spanish Fortaleza San Felipe is called The Battle of Puerto Plata Harbor. Here's a reference for basic info:

https://www.navalhistory.org/2011/05...on-may-11-1800