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Amerigo Vespucci model
History of the
Amerigo Vespucci:
In the late
1920s, the Italian navy began construction of
Amerigo Vespucci tall ship for training their officer
cadets at sea. The name Amerigo Vespucci came
from the famous Italian sailor and cartographer
who also lent his name to the new world. The
design chosen was that of a seventy-four-gun
frigate, though they carried double topgallants,
auxiliary power, and other modern devices.
Amerigo Vespucci is an unusual ship. The stern
gallery can only be reached from the captain's
saloon. The decor and luxurious fittings in the
reception rooms almost make you forget that you
are on a sailing ship used for naval training. A
life-size figurehead of Amerigo Vespucci adorns
the bow.
Harold Underhill records a letter from a
Norwegian submarine commander about an encounter
with the two ships in the 1930s:
"I dived on a northerly course about mid waters
of the Skagerrak and went deep for about an hour
in order to keep the lunch on the tables. On
breaking surface again with the periscope, I
took a quick look all round and got a shock. I
had gone down in the 20th century and come up
again in the 18th, for there, some miles away,
were two majestic men-of-war, under a press of
canvas and sailing proudly in line-astern."
We
have built two sizes of
this model of the Amerigo Vespucci:
49" long x 31" tall x 15" wide
$9,925
Shipping and insurance in the
contiguous US included.
Other places: $600 flat rate.
39" long x 22" tall x
12" wide $7,790
Shipping and insurance in the
contiguous US included.
Other places: $500 flat rate.
Learn more about the Amerigo Vespucci ship:
https://sailtraininginternational.org/vessel/amerigo-vespucci/
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