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HMS SURPRISE 43

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HMS SURPRISE 43" wood model ship large scale sailing tall British boat:
$275.00

HMS SURPRISE ship model - large scale British ship
43" handcrafted wood tallship model
  • Scale: 1/72, large scaled model Dimensions: 43" (L) x12" (W) x 30" (H)
  • This HMS Surprise ship model is shipped to you fully assembled and ready for display, except that the bowsprit is not in position during shipping to reduce damage risk and to save on shipping cost. Installing only involves tightening rigging lines since they're correctly attached to the bowsprit.
  • Built from scratch with plank on frame construction.Premium quality, truly a work of art.
  • This model is carefully secured and packed inside a woodencrate and a carton box to insure a safe transportation.
  • Fedex Home Delivery ground shipping to 48 continental USA states.
  • Packaging: weight 29 lbs, dimensions 36" (L) x 13" (W) x 34" Surprise was a corvette of the French Navy named Unité, built in 1794, and captured on 20April 1796 at Annaba by HMS Inconstant. Unité was renamed HMS Surprise becauseanother French ship also named Unité had already been taken into the navy.Surprise was re-classed by the British as a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate, thoughshe carried twenty four 32 pound carronades on her main deck, eight 32-pounderson her quarter- and fore- decks and two (or four) long 6-pound cannons aschasers. This led to difficulty in her rating, considered a fifth rate from1797-98 but a sixth rate the rest of her commission. Also, she bore themain-mast of a 36 gun ship, just as unusual as her large armament. Under CaptainEdward Hamilton, the Surprise sailed in the Carribean for several years,capturing several privateers. She gained fame for the cutting-out expedition in1799 of HMS Hermione. Hermione's crew had mutinied, and had sailed her into theSpanish possession of Puerto Cabello. Captain Edward Hamilton of Surprise led aboarding party to retake Hermione and, after an exceptionally bloody action,sailed her out of danger under Spanish gunfire.
    HMS Surprise was the shipchosen by author Patrick O'Brian to restore Captain "Lucky" Jack Aubrey of theAubrey–Maturin series to his place as a Captain, and eventually see him raisehis flag as an Admiral of the Royal Navy. HMS Surprise is an important elementof the series, both because of her importance to the running plotline, andbecause of the emotional attachment she has earned among fans of the series.


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