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TNS AUSTIN tall ship model
The Texas Navy
Ship TNS Austin was a
sloop-of-war and flagship of the Texas Navy's first
known as the Texas. The ship, constructed in Baltimore by
the firm of Shott and Whitney, was commissioned into the navy on
January 5, 1840.
Background of TNS Austin:
Formed in January 1836, the Texas Navy was officially
comprised of four schooners: Invincible, Brutus,
Independence, and Liberty. These ships helped Texas win
independence by preventing a Mexican blockade of the
Texas coast, seizing Mexican ships carrying
reinforcements and supplies to its army, and sending
their cargoes to the Texas volunteer army. Nevertheless,
Mexico refused to recognize Texas as an independent
country. By the middle of 1837, all four ships were
gone. With no ships to impede a possible invasion by
Mexico, Texas was vulnerable to attack.
In 1838,
President Mirabeau B. Lamar responded to this threat by
forming a second Texas Navy. Lamar was an ardent
supporter of the Texas Navy and saw the urgent need for
its continuation. The second Texas Navy was placed under
the command of Commodore Edwin Ward Moore, an Alexandria
Academy graduate recruited from the United States Navy.
One of the ships of this second navy was the TNS Austin,
which served as the flagship of the navy.
TNS Austin was the
flagship of the Second Texas Navy from 1840 to 1846.
Commanded by Commodore Edwin Ward Moore, she led a
flotilla in the capture of Villahermosa in 1840. In
1843, Austin participated in the Naval Battle of
Campeche.
TNS Austin was transferred
to the United States Navy when Texas joined the United
States in 1845, becoming USS Austin, the first ship of
that name.
The TNS Austin
was 125 feet in length
and 31 feet across the beam, with a displacement
of 600 tons and a draft of 12½ feet. She carried a crew
of twenty-three officers and warrant officers and 151
sailors and marines and was armed with sixteen medium
twenty-four-pound cannons, two eighteen-pound medium
cannons, and two eighteen-pound long cannons.
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We build this model of the
TNS Austin in two sizes:
40"
long x 26" tall
$5,590 Shipping and insurance in the
contiguous US included.
Other places: $600 flat rate. Model comes
with a small base (large
base is $200 extra.)
27" long x 18" tall
$3,950 Shipping and insurance in the
contiguous US included.
Other places: $400 flat rate. Model comes
with a small base.
Model is built per commission only.
We require only a small deposit (not full amount, not
even half) to start the process. Click on this link for
lead time.
Add light feature to delight your guests in a dimly lit
room: $300. Powered by a
standard 9v battery under the base, with on/off switch.
This option is only
available on the larger model.
Don't be fooled by some
model makers out there who freely claim their models
"museum grade" or even "true museum quality. Their ships
are wrong on many counts. The hull is horrible. Some
parts are oversized yet others undersized. Plenty are
wrong; many are missing. Go here to learn more: what
to look in a
tall ship model.
Learn more about the TNS
Austin here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texan_sloop-of-war_Austin
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