ABOUT 30 inch long
BEAUTIFULLY CONSTRUCTED & FINISHED
HAND MADE - NOT A KIT -USING AUTHENTIC
MATERIALS
AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESSES
DISPLAY CASE AVAILABLE AT ADDITIONAL COST
The price is comparable to that of a good kit and
there are many place you can see similar models for a
lot more money.
glass display case available please ask
DELIVERY TIME FROM CLEARED FUNDS - 1 WEEKS
CHECK THE PICTURES - YOU COULD ALMOST BE ON
THE DECK OF THE REAL SHIP AMAZING DETAIL FOR
THE MONEY.
LARGE ENOUGH TO IMPRESS, BUT WILL FIT ALMOST
ANYWHERE - DESK/SHELF/STUDY ETC.
READ ON FOR HISTORY AND MORE PICTURES ...
uss constitution
MODEL
required over 180 hours to build
MODEL INFO
Plank on bulkhead construction a painstaking
process -
each individual plank is added to the hull one at a
time
Built with rare, high quality woods
The model rests on a CUSTOM MADE BASE
Hand stitched canvas sails.
metal /wood carved anchors
individualLY machined brass cannons !
Significant deck detail
extensively detailed & authentic hand tied rigging
To build the prototype ship, extensive research
was undertaken
using various sources such as museums, drawings,
copies of original plans
this same care and authenticity is extended to the
model on offer here
HISTORY
The USS Constitution is made of timber from Maine to
Georgia and armed with cannons cast in Rhode Island and
copper fastenings provided by non other than Paul
Revere. Launched in Boston, she first put to sea in 1798.
Having remained a part of the U.S. Navy since that day,
Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship in the
world - still afloat!
Her first mission, during the late 1790's, was to guard
American commerce in the Caribbean against in particular
the French. In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson sent her
to the Mediterranean to protect American ships and
seamen from attack by the Barbary pirates. With Captain
Edward Preble in command, Constitution and other ships
of the squadron bombarded Tripoli. A treaty of peace was
signed in June 1805 between the United States and Tripoli
aboard Constitution.
After returning to the United States, the USS Constitution
was named flagship of the North Atlantic Squadron. In
1810, her new captain, Isaac Hull, took her to sea. Two
years later she met and defeated HMS Guerriere, the first
in a grand succession of victories in the War of 1812.
It was during this ferocious battle that the seamen,
astonished at how the British cannonballs were
bouncing off the Constitution's hull, cried out - "Her sides
are made of iron!" Hence the nickname,"Old Ironsides."
War service ended in 1815 for ironsides, the
battle-scarred USS Constitution was laid up for almost
six years for extensive repairs, after which she went on
two cruises to the Mediterranean.
In 1830 she was reported unseaworthy and condemned to
be broken up. A poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,
entitled "Old Ironsides," aroused such popular feeling
that money was appropriated for rebuilding her in 1833. In
1844, under the command of Captain "Mad Jack" Percival,
she began an epic around-the-world cruise and became
the first American warship to circumnavigate the globe.
USS Constitution was recommissioned in 1931 for a
coast-to-coast tour of ninety American cities lasting until
1934 when she was returned to her place of honour in
the Boston Harbour at Charlestown. She rests there to
this day as an enduring symbol of the document for which
she is named
