Lady Washington - T133
Price: $205.00
Lady Washington Model Sailing Ship
The original Lady Washington was a 90-ton merchant sloop. She sailed around
Cape Horn and participated in the fur and pelt trade with the coastal Native
Americans in the Pacific Northwest and in tea and porcelain across the Pacific
in China.
She was captained originally by Robert Gray, and later by John Kendrick, former
captain of her larger sailing partner, the Columbia Rediviva (Kendrick insisted
he and Gray switch vessels mid-journey). Under the command of Kendrick, she
was refitted as a brig (she was formerly a sloop). She became the first American
vessel to reach the island of Japan in an unsuccessful attempt to move some
unsold pelts. The Lady remained in the Pacific trade and eventually foundered
in the Philippines in 1798.
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Price: $205.00
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All of our model ships and boats are handmade from scratch.
They are built by very skillful and experienced craftsmen.
They are also built according to the scale of the original full sized
ships. We do this through the use of original plans or pictures and use
a plank on frame construction method. The hull of our ships are joined
by multiple pieces of dry thin wood.
Inside of the hull, we use a special glue that is imported
just for this purpose. The glue makes the wood strips stay close together
so that they will not split, crack or twist which can happen due to weather
changes or humidity changes.
Our models are built completely for raw materials, NOT
kits. We recommend that you purchase a display stand for each ship that
you purchase to protect it from harm.
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