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HMS ST. LAWRENCE model
HMS St Lawrence was a 102-gun first-rate wooden warship
of the Royal Navy that served on Lake Ontario during the
War of 1812.
St
Lawrence was launched on 10 September 1814. Her arrival
on the lake ended all naval action. Her presence simply
deterred the U.S. fleet from setting sail. Built on the
lake at the Royal Navy dockyard in Kingston, Ontario,
she was the only Royal Navy ship of the line ever to be
launched and operated entirely in fresh water.
As
built St Lawrence had a gundeck of 194 feet
2 inches, and beam of 52 feet 7 inches– all larger than
the 102-gun HMS
Victory. Unlike sea-going ships of the line, St
Lawrence was constructed without a quarterdeck, poop
deck or forecastle. This gave the vessel the appearance
of a spar-deck
frigate. Furthermore, St Lawrence was not expected
to make long ocean voyages and did not have to carry the
same amount of stores and provisions. This allowed the
designers to make savings in the vessel's capacity.
HMS St
Lawrence carried thirty-two 32-pounder carronades and
two 68-pounder carronades on the upper deck, thirty-four
24-pounder long guns on the middle deck and twenty-eight
32-pounder long guns, four 24-pounder long guns and two
68-pounder carronades on the lower deck. The crew
numbered 700. In order to provide all of the gear
for a ship of this size, three 74-gun ships of the
line (HMS Ajax, HMS Centaur and HMS Warspite) were
stripped at Montreal and the material brought to
Kingston.
The ship was ordered to remedy the imbalance between the
Royal Navy and United States naval forces under the
command of Isaac Chauncey on landlocked Lake Ontario. At
the time, Lake Ontario was effectively landlocked for
any but the smallest vessels, due to shallow water and
rapids on the St. Lawrence River downstream and Niagara
Falls upstream. Control of the lake, which was the
most important supply route for the British for military
operations to the west, had passed back and forth
between the Americans and the British over the course of
the war. The construction of a first rate ship of the
line, in a campaign that had been dominated
by sloops and frigates, gave the British uncontested
control of the lake.
After the war ended in 1815, HMS St Lawrence
was decommissioned. Later, she was scuttled to prevent
its timbers from further decay. Today, only her keel and
ribs frame remain. The wrecksite was designated
a National Historic Site of Canada in 2015. It is now a
recreational
dive spot.
We build this primarily
wood model of the HMS St Lawrence the following sizes:
27" long
x 18" tall x 8" wide
$3,790
Shipping
and insurance in the contiguous US included. Other
places: $350 flat rate.
36" long
$5,990
Shipping
and insurance in the contiguous US included. Other
places: $500 flat rate.
Built per commissions only. We require only
a small deposit to start the process. The
remaining balance won't be due until the model is
completed.
Please click here for lead time.
Learn more about the HMS ST. LAWRENCE here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_St_Lawrence_(1814)
"Just
a note to say that I was delighted to receive the
model of the St. Lawrence today. Went really well
with Fedex. You folks are experts in packing and
shipping and that certainly greatly reduces the
stress in shipping. And bonus... there were no
tariffs!
This
is a stunning, exquisite model of a little known
massive Canadian warship from the war of 1812-14
that dominated Lake Ontario. You folks have met and
exceeded the challenge of building this model from
very little original information on the original
ship.
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