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Tall Ship Models
Our
ship models are crafted one by one. Since early 2008, we have reached our full capacity.
Sold-out models are placed on a construction list
that has lower priority than custom models.
Once sold out, we only start the model again when there
are at least two interested persons who sign up. If you find something you like,
we recommend you take it right away. Enjoy
something you love today.
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HMS Victory
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HMS Victory was essential to
Britain's continued superiority on the high seas during
the Napoleonic Wars. HMS Victory was the legendary Nelson’s
flagship against France and Spain in the famous
Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
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HMS Agamemnon
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For three of the most crucial
decades of British naval history, HMS Agamemnon was at
the center of events, fighting at the Battle of the Saintes, the Battle of Copenhagen and, of course,
Trafalgar. Nelson always referred to HMS
Agamemnon as his
favorite ship.
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HMS
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Captains Cook's ship
which discovered Australia and many other Islands in
the pacific. This model is one of the kind.
It shows the interior on one side and full
hull on the other.
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USS Constitution
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USS Constitution
was never defeated in battle. In 1844,
USS Constitution became the first American warship to
circumnavigate the globe. USS Constitution is world’s
oldest commissioned warship still afloat as of
today.
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Santisima Trinidad
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Santísima Trinidad was
famous as the only four-decker ship of the line ever
built. Her 144 guns and her strong, growing
red color scared away enemy ships who only dared to
come in pack. This celebrated gigantic
first-rate Spanish ship remained the world's biggest
warship during her service.
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San Felipe
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Built in
1690, San Felipe soon proved to be Spain's most
powerful fighting ship ever. She established herself
very quickly as her impressive record in the first 4
years of service made her the flagship of the famous
Spanish Armanda. Under the command of Commodore
Enrique MacDonnell, San Felipe was armed to take on
the mightiest ships in the French and British
navies. Her slim profile and wide spread of sail
bestowed great maneuverability and agility.
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HMS Bellona
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HMS Bellona was one of the most famous ships
of the British Navy. The 74-gun ship formed the backbone
of the principal naval powers of Europe from the Seven
Years War to the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
Her design was so
successful that it gave rise to two slightly modified classes
that eventually included over two dozen ships-of-the-line.
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HMS Resolution
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HMS Resolution was the
ship in which Captain James Cook made his second and
third voyages of exploration in the Pacific. The
Resolution impressed him enough that he called her
"the ship of my choice", and "the fittest for
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Royal
Caroline
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Royal Caroline is the official ship to transport the
English Royal family. Royal Caroline had several important design
features and was the most advanced ship at the time.
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Vasa
(Wasa)
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Named after the royal house, Wasa was built to
represent the power and glory of the great King
Gustave II of Sweden when the country was the
dominant military force in the Baltic. In 1628, Wasa
was built to be the most powerful and beautiful
warships ever to sail the seven seas.
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Reale De
France
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The "REALE"
in the name points out that she belonged to the king
personally. The ship was
decorated by the sculptor Pierre Puget.
Some of the stern
ornaments are shown in the
Musée de la Marine
in Paris, which also holds
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Amerigo
Vespucci was built in 1930. She is the largest of
the full rigged ships used by the navies of the
world for sail-training, the ‘Amerigo Vespucci’ was
named for the Italian navigator and explorer who
lived in the 15th century and for whom America was
named!
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HMS Surprise
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In the
middle of the Napoleonic era (1805), the French had
captured most of Europe and intended to seize
England.
HMS Surprise received the specific instructions:
"Intercept French Acheron…you will sink, burn, or
take her as prize."
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Indefatigable
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Indefatigable was selected by C. S. Forester as the ship on which
his fictional hero Horatio Hornblower spent most
of his time as a midshipman in the novel Mr.
Midshipman Hornblower. The Spanish flotilla
incident also is fictionalized in Post Captain,
the second of the Aubrey–Maturin series of novels by
Patrick O'Brian. HMS Indefatigable is also
mentioned in a novel by Alexander Kent.
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Mary Rose was
an English warship equipped with 78 guns. She was named
after King Henry VIII's favorite sister who later
became the queen of France.
Mary Rose was one of the first ships able to fire a
broadside and was the
second most powerful ship in the fleet and a firm
favorite of the king.
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Mercury
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In an historic naval fight, the 20-gun Mercury
defeated two finest Turkey ships with a combination
of 184 guns. Captained the Mercury was
28-years old captain-lieutenant Kazarsky who was
considered the bravest officer of Russia's Black Sea
Fleet.
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USS
Essex
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Essex was the first Yankee warship that
captured a ship of the Royal Navy. During her first
eight weeks at sea, she had taken nine British
ships. In 17 months she went on to sweep
the Pacific of British whalers, merchantmen,
and warships, taking 16 vessels in all.
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USS
Constellation
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150-year
old sloop-of-war, the last all-sail ship built by
the U.S. Navy. The first U.S. Navy ship to bear the
name Constellation, for the "new constellation of
stars" on the American flag.
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USS United States
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The
USS United States was the first of six frigates to
be launched and commissioned into the United States
Navy under the Acts of Congress of 1794. USS
United States was the fastest and the most heavily
armed.
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Vigilant
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There is little doubt that the Vigilant was the last
Baltimore Clipper.
Vigilant sailed for 138 years -- an outstanding
achievement for a wooden ship which plied the
waters, to the North and the South, especially in
the Caribbean where saltwater, heat, worms, etc.
decimate any wooden vessel. Vigilant outdated all
other vessels by many decades despite enemy fire,
treacherous coral reefs, and the yearly hurricane
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Fair American |
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At the
time of the Revolutionary War, Benjamin Franklin was
ambassador to France where he purchased French-built
corsair. These corsairs were the predecessors of the
Baltimore Clippers. The ships were painted black so
as to be nearly invisible at night. They were named
Black Prince and Black Princess. The crew were
Portuguese seamen but captained by an American. They
preyed on the British trade in English coastal
waters and for over a year nearly destroyed
Britain’s trade with the rest of the world.
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Golden Hind
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The Golden Hind, captained by Sir Francis Drake (the
admiral of the fleet that defeated the great Spanish
Armanda in 1588), circumnavigated the world
1577-1580.
The journey started with 5 ships but only flagship
Golden Hind survived. During the course of
travel, Francis Drake raided and pillaged the
Spanish colonies along the western coast of
Americas, returning with booty worth 500,000 pounds,
including 26 tons of silver. Golden Hind's
achievement marked the beginning of the rise of
England as a major maritime power.
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San Mateo
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The San Mateo represents a
Spanish galleon from the 16th century and was part
of the fleet of Philip II. She is a typical
example for the characteristic Spanish galleons.
Because of their perilous ways, these galleons were
a cross between freighter and battle-cruiser.
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San Francisco II
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During the 16th century the
most feared of all ships were the Spanish Galleons.
The San Francisco represents the mainstay ships of
the Spanish Armada. From that time and for nearly
150 years these small but sturdy ships reigned on
the high seas. San Francisco II Spanish Galleon S.
XVI. The most fearsome ships of the Spanish
Armada were her galleons, sailing ships that first
appeared in the middle of the 16th century and which
were, for a hundred and fifty years, the warships
par excellence. The San Francisco II was one
of the most outstanding of its age.
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Götheborg is a sailing replica of an 18th century
Swedish East Indiaman, a wooden sailing vessel. The
original sank off Gothenburg, Sweden on 12 September
1745 while approaching its home harbor after
returning from her third voyage to China.
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Batavia
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Batavia was a ship of the Dutch East India Company
(VOC). She was built in Amsterdam in 1628 and
shipwrecked on her maiden voyage. She was made
famous by the subsequent mutiny and massacre that
took place among the survivors. A twentieth century
replica of the ship is now in Lelystad, the
Netherlands.
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Californian is
a full-sized replica of the revenue service cutter
C.W. Lawrence which operated off the Californian
coast in the 1850s. The "Official Tall ship
Ambassador for the State of California" is now
providing sail training and sea educational programs
up and down the Californian coast.
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Great Eastern
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Great Eastern
was a monster for its time, six times larger
than any ship ever built
before.
Great
Eastern is perhaps best remembered as the ship that
laid the first transatlantic telegraph cable.
It was the only ship large enough to carry the
length of cable required.
The cable linking America with Europe was put in
place in September, 1866.
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SS Great Britain
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Great Britain was by far the largest ship in the
world at that time. She was the world's first
steamship with a hull made of iron. She also
was the first propeller-driven ship to achieve the
Atlantic crossing.
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Marco Polo
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In 1852, the Marco Polo sailed
from Liverpool to Port Phillips Head in 76 days.
After spending 3 weeks in port, she returned to
Liverpool in another 76 days. Her total trip
time was 5 months, 21 days, making this the first
round trip in less than 6 months. This record
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Cutty
Sark
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Cutty Sark, the beautiful
clipper ship launched at Dumbarton on the Scottish
Clyde, was renowned throughout the seafaring world
and won a place in the hearts of British seamen,
coming second only to Nelson's own immortal H.M.S.
Victory.
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Brig Hector
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This small and sturdy 200 ton-cargo vessel-with not
even the barest amenities of a passenger ship--
managed to carry a courageous band of 200 Scots to a
safe landing in Pictou harbor, marking the
beginning of a stead stream of Highland emigration to
the area that became known as Nova Scota on Canada's
Atlantic coast. A full-sized replica of the
Hector has been built to sail again.
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Indiscret
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The naval museum in Paris has a contemporary model
of the ship. It is covered with 22 photos and with
extensive explanations in the book by Jean
Boudriot, "Modeles Historiques, Musée de la
Marine", A.N.C.R.E., Paris, 1997.
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Black Prince |
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At the
time of the Revolutionary War, Benjamin Franklin was
ambassador to France where he purchased French-built
corsair. These corsairs were the predecessors of the
Baltimore Clippers. The ships were painted black so
as to be nearly invisible at night. They were named
Black Prince and Black Princess. The crew were
Portuguese seamen but captained by an American. They
preyed on the British trade in English coastal
waters and for over a year nearly destroyed
Britain’s trade with the rest of the world.
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Sovereign of the Seas
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SOS fired a broadside of two
tons of metal and was known by the name "Golden
Devil." In her first naval engagement in 1652, she
sank a large Dutch warship with a single broadside!
For 60 years SOS ruled the seas, unmatched. |
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Royal
Louis
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This ship
represented the masterpiece of French shipbuilding
at the end of the XVII century. She was built
in 1962 in Toulon by the master shipwright Francois
Coulomb and decorated by Jean Berain. With her
116 cannons, she was the largest and the most
decorated ship in the world.
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Ville de Paris
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The Ville de Paris was a large
three-decker French ship of the line that became
famous as the flagship of the Comte de Grasse during
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HMS Glatton
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At the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801, she was
commanded by Captain William Bligh, formerly of HMS
Bounty. Having spotted a Dutch frigate
maneuvering to attack HMS Elephant, the flagship of
Admiral Horatio Nelson, Bligh sailed directly into
the line of fire and caught most of the enemy's
broadside. The Glatton was severely damaged but
remained afloat; the Elephant was saved.
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Soleil Royal
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Named in honor of the Sun King Louis XIV, Soleil
Royal was the symbol of grace and capacity. As the
flagship of the French Navy, Soleil
Royal was sumptuously decorated with wooden carvings
that depicted a variety of motifs symbolic of the
French monarch.
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Le Napoleon
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Le Napoléon was the first purpose-built steam
battleship in the world. She is also considered the
first true steam battleship, and the first screw
battleship ever. Launched in 1850, she was the lead
ship of a class of 9 battleships, all considered as
very successful and built over a period of 10 years.
This class of ship was designed by the famous naval
designer Dupuy de Lôme.
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Potosi
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Potosi was a five-masted full-rigged ship built in
1895. Equipped with a patented brace winches for the
lower, top-sail yards and a patent for the fall
winches, she was able to take 6,000 tons of cargo!
She proved herself very profitable. Potosi had
a total
sail-area of 59,770 sq. feet!
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L'orenoque
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Built in 1848, L’Orenoque was the first French
frigate with mixed propulsion sail-steam. Although
equipped with mechanical propulsion advanced in
conception, it kept the typical masting of the
frigates in that time.
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USCG cutter Bear
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The Bear was
probably the most famous cutter to fly under the RCS/USCG
ensign. The Bear was
built as a sealer at Dundee, Scotland. At two
hundred feet long, Bear was heavily built, with six
inch thick oak planks, reinforced with heavy steel
plating that could take her confidently through the
ice. From her launch in 1874 until 1884 she made
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San Carlos
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On board the San Carlos were
the first Europeans known to have seen San Francisco
Bay. It was August 5, 1775, that the first
Spanish ship, commanded by Lieutenant Juan Manuel de
Ayala, dropped anchor just inside the San Francisco
harbor mouth.
This San Carlos model was commissioned by the Wings
Over Alaska Museum. It was completed in July
2008 and not available for sale.
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HMS Terror
Bomb ketch
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HMS Terror's main armament consisted of two mortars. She could fire
a round from each mortar every five minutes.
Terror saw war service in the the 1st Battle of
Copenhagen in 1801 and War of 1812 against the
United States. Because of her
extremely strong hull to withstand the recoil of the
mortars, the Terror was converted in time of peace
to explore the Antarctic region. The volcano
Mount Terror on Ross Island in Antarctica was named
after the ship, instead of vice-versa.
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HMS Captain
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On board the
74-gun third-rate
Captain,
Nelson was largely accredited for the British
victory at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent. The
British fleet was supposed to "tack in line" but
Nelson disobeyed the order. He realized that the
leading Spanish ships were escaping and wore his
ship to break out of the line of battle to attack
the much larger Spanish ships. When the Captain was
hardly maneuverable, Nelson himself led a boarding
party onto the San Nicolas, which resulted in his
taking of the two larger ships. His bold action was
later immortalized as "Nelson's Patent Bridge for
capturing First-rates." Nelson was
knighted as a member of the Order of the Bath.
In the same year he was promoted to Rear Admiral of
the Blue, the ninth highest rank in the Royal Navy.
HMS Captain was the most severely damaged of the
British ships as she was in the thick of the action
the longest.
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HMS
Africa
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HMS Africa was a 64-gun
third-rate ship of the line which was present at the
Battle of Trafalgar. Having been separated from the
main British fleet before the battle, the Africa
arrived without knowing Horatio Nelson's battle
plan. As the rest of the fleet engaged the combined
Franco-Spanish fleet in a pell-mell battle, The
Africa engage the enemy ships in a parallel fashion,
exchanging broadsides. This is a custom model and
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SS
Central America
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The SS Central America was a
sidewheel steamship of the United States Mail
Steamship Company. The ship sank in a
hurricane in September 1857, losing about 400
passengers and crew and 30,000 pounds of gold.
The shipwreck was recently discovered from its
resting place 8,000 feet below sea level,
off the Carolina coast.
Much of the gold was nicely
recovered! This is a custom model and
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HMS Sirius
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After five years in service between
Britain and North America, HMS
Sirius was fitted out for service as flagship of
the "First Fleet"
On May 13, 1787 the First Fleet
embarked from Plymouth, England on a journey to the
far side of the world. The convoy of 11 ships
contained 1,500 marines, officers, seamen and their
families and 732 convicts.
The fleet was bound for the
great South Land to establish the penal colony of
New South Wales, the future first state of the
Australian Commonwealth. The fleet arrived in Botany
Bay eight months and one week later. On January 26,
1788, the fleet sailed to Port Jackson
(the future Sydney Harbor) and Captain Phillip
landed to proclaim the first Australia Day and
became the first Governor of the new nation. In 1788, HMS Sirius
circumnavigated the globe to obtain provisions from
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HMS Bounty
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HMS Bounty is unquestionably
the most famous of all tall ships. The notorious
Captain Bligh and his ship are the subject of
thousands of books and articles and several motion
pictures.
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Flying Cloud
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During the California Gold
Rush, when eggs cost $1 each and a sack of flour
sold for $100, competition for trade was fierce.
Great clipper ships, known as California Clippers
were built for speed. The Flying Cloud was built
in East Boston in 1851. She sailed from New York
to San Francisco in 89 days and 8 hours-- a record
that still stands!
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HMS Elephant
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In 1801 Admiral
Horatio Nelson chose it as his flagship during the
Battle of Copenhagen due to its suitability for the
shallow waters that prevailed there. It was on this
ship that he is said to have put his telescope to
his blind eye and claimed not to be able to see a
signal ordering him to withdraw.
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HMS
St.
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HMS St. George
was named for the patron saint of England. In 1801,
she was Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson's flagship prior
to the Battle of Copenhagen; he transferred his flag
to HMS Elephant, whose lighter draft
enabled him to sail closer inshore for the
bombardment of the Danish capital on April 2. In
1811, St. George was the flagship of Rear
Admiral Robert Reynolds's Baltic Fleet.
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HMS Revenge
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The English flagship
in the battle of Armada. The first of the
new "race-built" vessels to grace the English fleet.
Regarded as one of the finest galleons in the world.
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La Stella De Norte
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Launched in 1500, this early gallon was equipped
with sails and oars. Despite its bulky look,
it was faster than its predecessors, the lumbering
Naos. The ship was armed heavily to protect
its valuable cargo. Hull length: 157'5"
overall length: 206', beam 46'.
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USS Ranger
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During the Revolutionary War,
the famous captain John Paul Jones sailed to France
in the Ranger carrying word of General Burgoyne's
historic surrender at Saratoga. As his ship
intered Quiberon Bay on Feb 14, 1778, Jones fired 13
guns and received in return a rousing salute from
the French fleet marking the first time that the new
American flag-the Stars and Stripes- was officially
acknowledged by a foreign power. It was
also abroad the Ranger, later the same year, that
Jones launched the series of bold sea raids along
the British coast that earned him his distinguished
reputation as a fearless seaman.
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Hannah Schooner
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In April 1775, with few field guns and scant
gunpowder, Washington appealed to the Continental
Congress for supplies. The new nation, however, did
not have the means to resupply Washington's army. Therefore,
Washington
chartered the fishing schooner
Hannah to raid British shipping of military
supplies. The Hannah
became the first of eleven vessels chartered to aid
the revolutionary cause. Over the six months of the
American siege of Boston, "Washington's Navy"
captured some fifty-five prizes, provided
much-needed supplies to the troops, and boosted the
efforts of naval-minded members of Congress who
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Ketch USS Intrepid
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Intrepid was a
64-ton, four-gun ketch, built in France in 1798. She
was subsequently sold to Tripoli and used by the
Barbary Pirates based there to capture the frigate
USS Philadelphia on October 31, 1803. Less
than two months later, Intrepid was captured by USS
Enterprise and was placed under the command of
Lieutenant Stephen Decatur. On the night of
February 16, 1804, Decatur sailed Intrepid into
Tripoli harbor, boarded the ex-American frigate
Philadelphia and set her afire. Tripoli harbor was
fairly shallow and only a shallow draught ship could
have made the daring plan work. In Admiral Nelson's view, it
was "the most daring act of the age." Sign
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USS Enterprise
(1799)Spirit of Enterprize
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Spirit of Enterprize
is a near replica of the USS Enterprise, the third
US naval vessel to have that name. That vessel,
which was built in Baltimore in 1799 was called, "Lucky
little Enterprize" due to its fabulously successful career in the campaign against
the Barbary pirates and in the War of 1812. For Star Trek fans, this is
the vessel that they meant to portray in the movie "Star
Trek: Generations".
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USS President
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Although falling in with 4
British frigates, the President did not
surrender but attacked. The Endymion was
so cut up and drifted out of action.
Surrounded by three other frigates the
Majestic, Pomone, and Tenedos, the President still
fought on. Her decks had the appearance of a slaughterhouse
as 25 killed and sixty wounded.
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HMS Warrior
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The pride of Queen
Victoria, Warrior was constructed entirely of
iron--a first for a warship in response to the
French Gloire in the 19th century arms race.
The British Battleship HMS Warrior
never fired a shot in anger and never blockaded a
hostile port, yet she played a famous part in naval
history.
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HMS Neptune
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HMS Neptune was a 98-gun 2nd rate ship of the line
which fought at the Battle of Trafalgar. She
played an important role in the battle, stationed
third in the weather line, behind the flagship
Victory and the Temeraire. She attacked and
captured the Spanish flagship Santisima Trinidad.
After the battle, it was the Neptune that towed
the crippled Victory, bearing Nelson's body, back to
Gibraltar. Neptune served as
the flagship for Rear Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane
leading the fleet that captured the French colony of
Martinique in the West Indies in 1809.
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HMS Pickle
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HMS Pickle was a
10-gun cutter of the Royal Navy. She was the
smallest ship present at the Battle of Trafalgar. Pickle was the first
ship to bring the news of Nelson's victory to Great
Britain, arriving at Falmouth on November 4,
1805. She had been chosen to carry the dispatches of
Vice Admiral Collingwood who had taken over after
the death of Nelson. After arriving in Falmouth Lapenotiere took a coach to London to deliver the
dispatches to the Admiralty, he was promoted to
Master and Commander for his efforts. To this
day the Navy's petty officers have an annual Pickle
Night dinner, as do many private clubs in the
British Commonwealth. HMS Pickle struck a shoal at Cádiz
and was lost in 1808.
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Henry Grace a Dieu (Great Harry)
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Before her time, battles between ships had to be
at close proximity that inflicted greatest human
loss. But with gunports cut in the hull, the
Great Harry became the first "ship killer", able
to inflict significant damages on enemies ships
from a distance.
Launched in England in 1514, the Henri Grace a
Dieu was in its time the largest warship in the
world. Also known as Great Harry, she was
built on the orders of King Henry VIII as a
diplomatic showpiece. For special state ocassions,
she was decked out in full sails that looked like
cloths of gold.
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HMS Supply
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HMS Supply, 168 tons was
the swiftest sailor in the First fleet and acted as
a scout and message carrier. It was the first ship
which enters Botany Bay on January 19, 1788. The
Supply rates with the Sirius as the most famous
historical ship or the new Australian nation.
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Redoutable
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At
the Battle of Trafalgar, Redoutable closely engaged
with HMS Victory. Her
crew fiercely attacked the Victory, causing much
damage. The crew and soldiers maintained a heavy
fire on the quarterdeck with hand-grenades and small
arms, and a French marksman mortally wounded Admiral
Horatio Nelson from the fighting top. The French crew were about
to board the Victory but the HMS Temeraire
intervened, firing on the exposed French crew at
point blank range. At 1.55 p.m., Redoutable,
with Captain Lucas severely wounded, and only 99 men
still fit out of 643, slowly sinking and with no
hope of help, struck her colors. The Victory had 160
casualties, and the Temeraire 120. She sank the next day.
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Océan
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Océan was a 118-gun first-rate
three-decker ship of the line of the French Navy.
Designed by the famous engineer Jacques-Noël Sané, who was
nicknamed "The Naval Vauban", Océan marks a step in
the evolution of ship of the line design. All
further French sail battleships were inspired from
her plans. English shipyards of the time copied the
French vessels which they captured. Ocean's hull was simple with straight lines,
minimal ornaments, and curved sides. The rear was
almost integrated into the hull. The performances of
such vessels were almost comparable to those of a
frigate.
The masts were both thinner
and higher but stronger than the 18th century
designs. The aft sail of the mizzen had taken its
definitive shape around 1780; Topgallant sails were
common, which allowed to vary the surface of sails
according to the wind with more subtlety. This
allowed to evolve closer to the direction opposed to
the wind.
As the largest ship in the Brest fleet, Océan spent much of her early career as the fleet
flagship. She was the flagship of Rear-Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse
in the Battle of the Glorious First of June in 1794.
A year later, Océan
fought in the Battle of Groix as Villaret's
flagship. A large
1:48 model can be seen at the Musée de la Marine in
Paris.
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Le Protecteur
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The 64-gun ship's construction began under the
direction of Noël Pomet under the reign of the
French king Louis XV, in 1757 in Toulon. She
was launched in May 1760 and sailed until 1789.
She was a part of the count of Estaing's fleet
during the Grenada campaign on the 6th of July 1779.
Le Protecteur measured 74 meters long, 14 meters
wide and 64 meters in heigh! A 1:33 model of her is in Musée
de la Marine in Paris.
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La Belle-Poule
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The frigate La
Belle-Poule (1834-1881) remain famous because her history is
related to that of Napoleon. Before dying, the
Emperor had expressed the desire to be buried on
the edges of the Seine. To satisfy the
public opinion, king Louis-Philippe
ordered La Belle-Poule brought back to France the
Emperor’s remains. During the Italy and
Crimean Wars, La Belle-Poule performed like a star
in Toulon.
At her demolition in 1888, she
still remained painted in black, in remembering
her mission for the greatest Emperor of France.
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Sao Miguel
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Sao Miguel was a XVI century
armed Portuguese merchantman. Her design is
the transition from medieval merchant ship and the
galleon, classifiable for its particular structures
of the forecastle and quarterdeck among the
carracks. In 1519, she took part in an
important expedition which led Fernando Cortez to
conquer Mexico.
Some of her interesting features were the balcony,
the apartments under the small quarterdeck, and the
superstructure of the decks that provided awnings,
clearly indicated that the ship was used to
transport high-class passengers. Sign
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Heemskerch
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In 1642, the Dutch war ship Heemskerch, captained by Abel Janszoon (the
Dutch East India Company's leading navigator), circumnavigated Australia. This discovery
indicated that Australia was a vast island
continent, and not part of a southern landmass
connected to the South Pole. The discovery of
Van Diemen's land and the exploration of New Zealand
were further relevations that led cosmographers of
his day to redraw the map of the world, and paved
the way for future explorers. Sign
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Magellan's flagship Trinidad
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Working for the Spanish, the
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan set sail in
September 1519 with a fleet of five ships and 270
men. His flagship was the Trinidad.
After befriending an island king in the Philippines,
Magellan became involved in a tribal warfare of the
natives and was killed in a battle. The eighty
five ton caravel Vittoria of the original fleet
continued onwards and became the first ship to sail
around the world when she arrived back in Spain in
Sept 1522--almost 3 years from the day her journey
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Duyfken
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In 1606, the small
Dutch ship Duyfken sailed from the Indonesian island
of Banda in search of gold and trade opportunities
on the fabled island of Nova Guinea. Duyfken
did not reach gold but instead the northern coast of a huge continent: Australia. Captain Janszoon was the first
person to map and record Australia. His
voyage marks the beginning of Australia’s recorded
history.
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Corona
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Launched in 1450, this colorful ship was used to
transport the king of Spain.
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The Brandenburg frigate Berlin was built in 1674, in Zeeland dockyards
and was equipped with 15 guns. With the Dutch Captain C. Reers
in command, the Berlin had a very
impressive record: in 1675 it attacked
the Swedish fortress of Karlsburg. In the same
year it pursued the French corsair "La Royale de
Dunquerque". In 1676 it operated in Baltic Sea
against Sweden and captured the Swedish ships "Leoparden", the "Diederik"
and "Maria". In 1677 it defeated the
Swedish ship "Enhorn". In 1680
it captured the 50 guns Spanish vessel "Carolus
II".
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Seeadler
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In WWI the Germans employed three raiders
successfully: Mowe, Wolf, and Seeadler. Only the
Seeadler (Sea Eagle) was a full-rigged sailing ship. After the war, Luckner
became world famous for his exploits and chivalrous
manner. He captured sixteen ships of 30,099 gross
tons without killing any Allied sailor.
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Thomas W. Lawson
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Built
in 1902, Thomas W. Lawson
was the grandest of many new designs for
schooners that were
trying to fight the competition from
steam-powered merchantmen. Having 7 masts, she
was
one of several
large American-built multi-masted schooners.
Thomas W. Lawson
can be operated by a crew of only sixteen and used
steam winches for managing her one acre of sails.
She was
said to handle like "a beach
whale." She was sucessful in service as a coal
cargo ship a nd later an oil tanker. Sign
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Preussen
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Regarded
as the biggest sailing ship ever built, the
magnificent Preussen was 408 feet long. The
steel ship Preussen was able to carry 8.000 tons of
cargo. She was the only five-masted
full-rigger in the world. She was the only
ship of this class with five masts having carried
six sails on each mast within the world merchant
fleet. While she had 48 sails, it took only 45
men to sail her. Preussen was built in 1902
for the famous F. Laeisz shipping company and named
after the German state and kingdom of Prussia.
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Paddle Steamer Sirius
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Sirius was
the first ship ever to cross the Atlantic under
continuous steam power. In April 1938, the
700-ton Sirius sailed the Atlantic with 40
passengers on board. She arrive at Sandy Rock,
New Jersey, after the voyage of just over 18 days.
Detained by a storm at sea that consumed her entire
store of coal, the crew had to break up some of the
ship's internal fittings and furniture for fuel.
The Sirius's achievement marked the beginning of
regular transatlantic steamship service, heralding
the era of the ocean liner.
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Paddle Steamer Central America
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The
Central America was an elegant side-wheel wooden
paddle steamer that transported cargo and
passengers. She served on the Panama route,
carrying many tons of gold from the California gold
fields to the east coast of the US. In 1857,
she met with violent storm and sank with over 400
people and $2 million in gold. In 1989,
Central America was recovered, along with her cargo
of gold whose value had ballooned to nearly a
billion dollars.
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