Sint-Ines

Sint-Ines was a large three-mast ship in the Brunanter navy which was built in 1751. Sint-Ines was the largest ship in the navy at the time, along with sister ship Pabella (ship), built in 1748. The ship was long rumored to be cursed and she sunk in battle at the Battle of Roodstad in 1758.

History
Sint-Ines was built in Sint-Hendrikstad and was the largest ship ever built by the shipyards there, alongside her sister. The ship cost over 510,000 Thalers to build (about 25,000 gold escudos), then an extremely massive sum. The state borrowed money from the Murais family in order to fund the ship, as they had for their sister, totaling about 200,000 thalers.

The ship was said to be cursed, as when the local priest was called to bless the ship, he died of a heart attack mid-way through his prayer. A lot of sailors refused to board the ship and setting sail the sailors were said to fear not ever returning. In April 1754 the ship struck a rock but the damage was repaired.

Pabella first saw action during the Franco-Brunanter War. It was involved in the Siege of Grijzestad, attacking the French troops besieging it. In 1758 it fought the largest all-naval battle near Roodstad, engaging the Libertan fleet. Sint