T289 HMS Beagle Scale Model Tall Ship - Charles Darwin - Old Modern Handicrafts For Sale -
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T289 HMS Beagle Scale Model Tall Ship - Charles Darwin - Old Modern Handicrafts:
$659.95
T289HMS Beagle MSRP: $895.00
DIMENSIONS: 32\"L x 9\"W x 29\"H
Charles Darwin\'s Ship... This is a museum quality edition of the famous HMS Beagle. The model is 100% hand built from scratch using the \"plank on frame\" construction method which is similar to building actual ships. Our master craftsmen have spent more than 150 hours to finish it. The Beagle model is made entirely of exotic woods such as mahogany, western red cedar, and purple heart trim. This replica\'s magnificent details include metal anchors and cannons, authentic crows nest, advanced intricate rigging, full blow sails, wooden inlay hull, inlay deck, an ornate stern, and much more. An attached wooden stand with a nameplateis standard with this model. Our model was built to scale through pictures and drawings. We absolutely use no plastic pieces - only the highest quality wood and metal parts. This model is carefully secured and packed inside a wooden crate for safety in shipping.TheHMS Beaglemodelarrives fully assembled and ready to display. Charles Darwin\'s HMS Beagle will make the perfect gift for a nautical enthusiast... history buff... collector and a fabulous addition to the home or office!
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HISTORY: HMS Beagle was a Cherokee class 10 gun brig sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched on May 11, 1820 from the Woolwich Dockyard on the River Thames, at a cost of 7,803 pounds. In July of that year she took part in a fleet review celebrating the coronation of King George IV of England in which she was the first ship to sail under the new London Bridge. After that there was no immediate need for Beagle so she \"lay in ordinary\" moored afloat, but without masts or rigging. She was then adapted as a survey barque and took part in three expeditions. On the second survey voyage the young naturalist Charles Darwin was on board, and his work would eventually make the HMS Beagle one of the most famous ships in
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