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This museum-quality Limited Edition scale replica tall ships model of HMS Surprise is bedecked with historically accurate features and built with the finest craftsmanship and attention to detail. As the Napoleonic Wars fighting tall ship made famous in Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series and the film Master and Commander: Far Side of the World starring Russel Crowe, the HMS Surprise holds a proud place in the hearts of many fans. Now these Limited Edition tall ship models can similarly inhabit a proud position, displaying their historical patriotism and indomitable spirit in your office, home or meeting room.
30" Long x 9" Wide x 23" High (1:82 scale)
Built from scratch by master artisans
Museum Quality features not available in other tall ship models under $3,000 or any kit
Accurate beakhead design and scrollwork
Increased detail of deck features, cannon carriages, deckwall painting and other features
Individual wooden planks used in hull construction
Gun ports actually cut into the hull
High quality woods include cherry, birch, maple and rosewood
Extensive rigging more than 150 blocks and deadeyes in this tall model ship
Meticulous painting accurately matches the actual HMS Surprise
Amazing Details, including:
Planked deck with nail holes
Authentic scale lifeboats
Rudder chains, cannonball racks
Solid brass cannons and metal anchors
Additional deck details such as cannon balls, barrels, etc.
Masterfully stitched, heavy canvas sails hold shape and do not wrinkle
Taut rigging with varied thread gauge and color
Limited production run only 100 of these tall ship models
Certificate of Authenticity individually numbered and signed by HMS Founder and Master Builder Richard Norris
Wooden display base features four arched dolphins
Pictured with marble base (available for purchase)
Extensive research of original plans, historical drawings and paintings as well as actual photographs ensures the highest possible accuracy
WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Formaldehyde, and Styrene, which are known to the State of California to cause cancer, and Chromium and Toluene, which are known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
Watch as we build the HMS Surprise! This will be one of our finest models ever. We are only making a few so preorder yours today.
HMS Surprise was a 38-gun frigate of the Hebe Class of the Royal Navy, although all these Fifth Rate frigates were re-classed as 46-gun under the general re-rating of February 1817, from when carronades on the quarter deck and forecastle were included in the rating. She carried a complement of 284 officers and ratings, and a primary armament of 28 eighteen-pounder guns on her upper deck, with 8 nine-pounder guns (and 6 32-pounder carronades) on her quarter deck and 2 nine-pounder guns (and 2 more 32-pounder carronades) on her forecastle.
The Surprise was ordered on 10 April 1809, and her keel was laid down at Milford Dockyard in Pembrokeshire in January 1810. She was launched on 25 July 1812, and sailed round to Plymouth Dockyard to be completed. Fitting out took place between 9 Augustand 1 December 1812, and she was commissioned in September 1812 under the command of Captain Sir Thomas John Cochrane, sailing for the West Indies on 19 December 1812. She measured 150 feet 4 inches on the gun deck, with a breadth of 40 feet and a half-inch, and a depth in hold of 12 feet 9 inches, giving a tonnage of just over 1,072.
Under Cochrane's command, she served initially on the Leeward Islands, where she captured the American 12-gun privateer Decatur on 16 January 1813, and subsequently on the North American station during the War of 1812. From June 1814 she was commanded by Capt. George Knight and was present at the bombardment of Fort McHenry in September 1814. She paid off out of commission into Ordinary (i.e. reserve) in August or September 1815. By 1822 she had been reduced to a hulk at Milford, but was then fitted out at Plymouth as a convict hulk to be stationed at Cork, where she remained until sold (for �2,010) there in 1837.