BALTIMORE CLIPPER ADMIRALTY STYLE SCRATCH BUILT

Description

BALTIMORE MODEL CLIPPER SHIP, SCRATCH BUILT
IN MAHOGANY GLASS CASE
This rare antique model ship is a Baltimore Clipper, A Privateer during the War of 1812, an example of the building style known as Admiralty Style, plank-on-frame construction with
exposed ribs
, to demonstrate construction of the original ship. This is a very rare model. In the 16th century British Navy did not build their own ships; they were built by contractors after approval from "Lords of the Admiralty",
a group of aristocrats, nobility and civil servants. Since these people could not read plans, proposed ships were presented to them in the form of a model. Thus the building style, Admiralty Style, exposed rib construction, as you see in the picture. There are two reasons for a model ship builder to chose a plank-on frame construction.
One, that is the way a real ship is built. Two, to expose internal details, to allow the viewer to examine
hull timbers.
During the 1812 war privateers were permitted to prey upon the merchant fleet of Great Britain.
The design for Baltimore Clippers emerged from the shipyards of Fells Point, Baltimore in response for
fast ships that could elude the lumbering British naval vessels. Clippers were sharp built, that is they had  a v-shaped hull that could cut swiftly through the waves.
They were gaff-rigged schooners, many had a square sail for driving power on the
foremast. They could sail closer to the wind and were much more
maneuverable than British ships.
This rare  antique  Baltimore Clipper is a scratch built model ship built with no pieces from kits. It was built about 1900 according to the current owner from whom I purchased the model.  Length overall 30". The rigging was redone 32 years ago by Arthur J. Menard, my father, whose model ships were purchased in New York City by the Seamen's Bank which had the most famous marine collection in the U.S.A.  The rigging has small wooden dead-eyes, and linen cord. It is in a new mahogany glass case.
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