Miniature Trading

General description:
They say English ships are slow and expensive...
But here we have, for the cost of an average 3 mast, a big fighter, guns that hit 266% of the times, and more than respectable cargo space...
Add that S+S speed and I see a good ship at a ridiculous price!

Uses:
Gunship!
Main one in a low points games, and excellent secondary fighter in higher points battles.

Strategies and game play:
I personally use it do backup my Titan...
Or surround it with small runners and use it to keep them out of trouble...
With only 2 crew Mermaids can't do much harm, and the 2 free cargo might still be used if you meet a Pirate treasure hauler...

Combos with other miniatures:
With only 11 points of cost you can't put really expensive crew on... I'd use a named Captain, a crew killer like Thomas Gunn the Younger, or Hermione Gold if you want to bring the gun rate to an impressive 333%!
Once you have added an Helmsman HMS London doesn't need much more help.
With 20 points you got a fearsome, fast gunship, sounds a good bargain to me!
If you put a plain captain the cost goes to 16, and that's really a theft!

Ways to counteract it:
Avoid it (easier said than done, against S+S+S...), or pin it bow-to-bow with a ship immune at S-range (like Prince of Chichester) and destroy it slowly.
Also a Firepot could do wonders...

Strengths/Pros:
Excellent mixed guns
Low cost
Good cargo space
Reasonable speed (for an English at least)

Weaknesses/Cons:
The Special Ability doesn't seem very useful...

Artwork and aesthetics:
I like the clean, bright look of English ships, this one shines as if Her Majesty was about to inspect it...

Overall rating:
8/10, might have been more with another ability.