Ship model Essex, historic wooden static kit Occre
Scale 1:60
Length: 735 mm
Height: 552 mm
Difficulty: 2
Part No.: OC12006
The Essex was famous American whaler. She was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale.
Scale 1:60, Length: 735 mm, Height: 552 mm
Display scale kit difficulty: 2
Essex was an American whaler from Nantucket, Massachusetts, which was launched in 1799. In 1820, while at sea in the southern Pacific Ocean under the command of Captain George Pollard, she was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale. Stranded thousands of miles from the coast of South America with little food and water, the 21-man crew were forced to make for land in the ship's surviving whaleboats.
The kit features the following: This intermediate kit would be suitable for anyone who has previous model building experience. A double plank on frame hull construction, building plans with general details, English instructions, lost wax brass castings, walnut or lime planking, wooden masts and spars, brass and walnut fittings, etched brass details, rigging cord, sails and silk flag. All sheet ply sections are laser cut for accuracy.
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The fateful voyage of Essex.
Essex was an American whaler from Nantucket, Massachusetts, which was launched in 1799. In 1820, while at sea in the southern Pacific Ocean under the command of Captain George Pollard, she was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale. Stranded thousands of miles from the coast of South America with little food and water, the 21-man crew were forced to make for land in the ship's surviving whaleboats.
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By the time of her fateful voyage, Essex was already an old ship, but because so many of her previous voyages had been profitable. Essex had recently been totally refitted, but at only 88 feet in length, and measuring about 239 tons burthen, she was small for a whale ship. Essex was equipped with four whaleboats, each about 28 ft in length.
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