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FSX Package 18th Century Frigates . Includes 18th century frigates USS Constitution and HMS Surprise. The Constitution entered service in 1798 and is worldwide the oldest warship still in service. She is docked as a restored museum ship in Boston, Massachusetts, and is still representing the US Navy. In her first year she fought in the quasi war against French, from 1803 for some years in the Mediterranean sea in the Barbary wars and 1812 in the war against Great Britain. The British frigate HMS Surprise is included in this package as an AI ship, together with the AI Constitution. The pilotable USS Constitution is almost completely rigged with hundreds of ropes and has thirty-eight animated guns, five replaceable animated sails and seven animated crewmen. Twenty-three cameras let you explore the whole ship: the deck, the lower gun deck and you can enjoy the sailors' views from high above in the masts. The effects allows you to fire broadsides to starboard and port separately. The model should run in Acceleration but it is not tested. FSDS 3.5 model made by Erwin Welker. (See also FIX_USS-CONSTITUTION.ZIP)