Flying Fish: Wooden Us Sailing Schooner Scale Model

Flying Fish: Wooden US Sailing Schooner Scale Model

The renowned shipbuilder, Jeremiah Burnham, designed this famous two-masted schooner, the Flying Fish which was launched in 1860 in Massachusetts. For over 20 years, her design dominated the schooner class and was used as a model by many shipbuilders. To this day, the schooner remains a very popular model which is frequently built.

Flying Fish: Wooden US Sailing Schooner Scale Model

Where appropriate, all scale ship models are constructed with hardwood using the plank on frame technique and built to scale using ships' drawings. The models use cotton sails and rigging and in the case of the larger vessels are suitable for use as exhibits in galleries or museums. Many models are available in sizes 1 or 3/4 both models offer the same level of detail.

Stocks of most models are held but you should allow up to 8 weeks for some of the larger models. If you have specific enquiries for other ships, please contact us. Models are shipped all over the world in secure packaging at very reasonable prices.

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Length	Width	Height	Size	Type	Nation	Year
77 cm	13 cm	62 cm	1	Schooner	USA	1860

Flying Fish: Ship's History

Original specifications: Type: Schooner; Dimensions: (L/B/D): 23.98 x 6.58 x 2.39 m; Hull: Wood; Built: Massachusetts, USA; Year: 1860

The Flying Fish was one of the fastest ships afloat and brought its cargo of fish and her Gloucester fishermen into the harbour in record time.

She is estimated as a 150-ton vessel, armed with ten 9 pounders guns or 12 pounders carronades, with a deck length of just under 79 feet long.

The apogee of the schooner’s development as a fighting ship must have been the large privateers of the Napoleonic Wars, and especially those of the United States. A great shortage of cruisers and privateers led the French revolutionary government to the United States in search of such vessels. The subsequent capture of some of these vessels led to a protest by the British government. Other European nations bought American-built schooners and also made a habit of recording the lines, a practice which gives us today such a rich insight into the construction of smaller craft at that time.

The races in which the Flying Fish took part were very exciting as they were first of all described by Kipling and later featured in the film 'Captain Courageous'.

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