hms prince

32" long x 12" Wide x 28" High

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Hms prince

32" long x 12" Wide x 28" High
Requires over 350 hours to build from scratch (not from a model kit)
by a master artisan

Plank on bulkhead construction (a painstaking process where
each individual plank is added to the hull one at a time).

Built with rare, high quality woods such as light ebony,
rosewood and blackwood.

The model rests perfectly on a large, polished
base betweenfour arched dolphins.

Masterfully stitched canvas sails.
No plastic parts (metal anchors and machine turned brass cannons.
Significant detail.

To build this ship, extensive research was done using various sources
such as museums, drawings, copies of original plans

HISTORY

The Prince, an English 1st rate ship of the line - one of the
seventeenth centuries finest. She was launched at Chatham in
1670 as a successor to the Royal Sovereign. Designed by Pett
the younger (who had worked on the construction of the Royal
Sovereign). She was a near 1,500 ton vessel with keel length
of 131 feet (~ 40m). She carried a wartime crew of 780 men and
was armed with 100 guns. The Prince began service in 1672
when she carried the flag of the Duke of York, then Lord High
Admiral of England and later King James II at the battle of
Solebay, in the 3rd Dutch war. The battle ended victory -for
England- the Prince was so badly damaged that the Duke
temporarily shifted his flag. The Captain of the Fleet, Sir J.
Cox, was killed on board in the course of battle. The Prince
survived until 1692 when much of her salvaged timber was
used in the building of the Royal William.