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Charles W. Morgan Wooden Boat Model 32"
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32" Long x 9" Wide x 25" High (1:42 scale)
Ready for Immediate Display - Not a Model Ship kit
This museum-quality Limited Edition scale replica tall ships model of the Charles Morgan is bedecked with historically accurate features and built with the finest craftsmanship and attention to detail. As a hard-working and long-sailing New England whaling ship, the Charles Morgan holds a proud place in American maritime history. Now these Limited Edition tall ship models can similarly inhabit a proud position, displaying their historical and indomitable adventurous spirit in your office, home or meeting room.
32" Long x 9" Wide x 25" High (1:42 scale)
- Built from scratch by master artisans
- Museum Quality features not available in other tall ship models under $3,000 or any kit
- Individual wooden planks used in hull construction
- High quality woods include cherry, birch, maple and rosewood
- Extensive rigging featuring over 100 deadeyes and blocks
- Meticulous painting accurately matches the actual Charles Morgan
- Amazing Details, including:Limited production run only 25 of these tall ship models
- Planked deck with nail holes
- Authentic scale whale boats
- Rudder chains and metal anchors
- Deck details such as barrels, detailed deckhouses, storage crates and more
- Masterfully stitched, heavy canvas sails hold shape and do not wrinkle
- Taut rigging with varied thread gauge and color
- Certificate of Authenticity individually numbered and signed by HMS Founder and Master Builder Richard Norris
- Wooden display base features four arched dolphinsExtensive research of original plans, historical drawings and paintings as well as actual photographs ensures the highest possible accuracy
Historical Note:
In the 1840s, a Quaker whaling merchant named Charles W. Morgan ordered a whaleship from the shipbuilders Jethro and Zachariah Hillman of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
The hull and deck of Morgan reflected the industry which she was built to serve. A typical whaleship has three functions:to serve as a mother ship to a fleet of small whaleboats, which are stored on the davits when not in use,to serve as a factory and a refinery ship with tryworks for extracting oil from the whale blubber, to serve as oil tankers.
Morgan's maiden voyage began on September 6, 1841. She sailed around Cape Horn and cruised the Pacific Ocean. Following Morgan's three year and four month voyage, she came home with 2,400 barrels of whale oil and 10,000 lbs of whalebone, known as baleen, which was worth around USD$56,000.
