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The most fearsome ships of the Spanish Armada were her galleon, sailing ships that first appeared in the middle of the 16 century and which were, for a hundred and fifty years, the warships par excellence.
The galleon San Francisco was one of the most outstanding of its age.
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The H.M.S President is a fine model of a typical light frigate build in Britain in the early 1700 's. These ships are
very fast and menoeuvrable and helped to give English supremacy of the seas during these troubled time.
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This Dutch Naval gun boat took part in the bombardment of Antwerp against the Belgian insurgents.The captain G. Van Speyk refused to surrender himself or his ship he blew her, together with the crew, from the water on February 5th. 1831. After this tragic event similar vessels were used in 1833 by the Royal Belgian Navy to guard the river Scheldt.
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The HMS Racehorse is a scale model reproduction of a ketch strengthened by the British for Arctic exploration which also had the ability to withstand the pressures of large mounted mortars and were referred to as "Bomb vessels",
The Racehorse together with similar vessels was used during the wars with Russia.
Nelson served as midshipman on a similar ship to this model
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Typical Chinese boat, generally used in the Oriental seas as a cargo boat.
The last thing a clipper ship, loaded with tea and spices, wanted to see was a Chinese Pirate Junk bristling with cannons coming his way. Junks such as this dotted the rivers and harbors of China and Hong Kong, and it was impossible to tell whether they belonged to merchants or pirates until it was too late
Length: 15", Height: 13", Scale: 1:45
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The History of Turtle Ship
The 'Turtle War' Ship (Keo-Book-Sun) is a very famous Korean war ship that was under the command of Admiral Lee Sun Shin (1545-1598). The Ship played a significant role in driving back the Japanese fleet during the Hydeyoshi Invasion of Korea in the year 1592. It was also used in many other naval battles as well as the 'Han-San Naval Engagement' which was one of four major naval engagements worldwide.
Designed by Admiral Lee, and built with a steel dome cover over the deck of a classical type Korean ship called, 'Phan-Ok', hundreds of sharp swords were installed on the outer surface of the dome to make boarding the ship by enemies difficult and hazardous. The name is derived from the Korean word for turtle, (Keo-book-ee). Also because of its shape which resembled that of a turtle. A large dragon`s head was attached to the bow of the ship to make it appear more threatening and terrifying to its enemies. Along its sides were mounted numerous cannons at each of the many openings as well as one in the bow structure.
The 'Turtle-War-Ship' sailed amidst the Japanese fleet inflicting many casualties on Hydeyoshi`s naval forces, using its many cannons and sulfuric fires during the 'Im-Jin Engagement' of 1592. This ship became a very famous ship in Korea and was upgraded on a yearly basis during the Chosun Dynasty.
The model kit of the 'Turtle-War-Ship' uses many evidential materials referred to in Admiral Lee`s diary, figures, rebuilt models, etcetera. This particular kit is a copy of the 'Turtle-War-Ship' from the 'Left Oceanic District' in Jeon-Ra province of Korea. Even though the detailed structural drawings and dimensions are not available today, the two deck structure was used in keeping with the known ship designs and schematics from that period in Korean History that are available to us today.
Length: 380mm
Height : 330mm
Width : 130mm
- Scale : 1/100
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This model is an exact reproduction of a 10 meters long armed launch, which was used by the different navies during the 19th century
These launches were armed with naval guns of different calibre and type; in the bow section a cannon or carronade was installed while in the stern two more light, small cannons were placed to be aimed by hand.
Usually, these boats were employed in coastal patrols or in escort services but, also demonstrated their wartime capacity in surprise actions attacking craft in difficulty or anchored or at roadstead. Due to their remarkable manoeuvrability, they were also in great numbers employed during landing actions, preceeding the main fleet which moved slower and was more vulnerable.
The bow cannon, placed on a wooden structure, attached to the first benches, slid back and forth, recoiling on two slits made on the two carrying guides and was manoeuvred by two forward and aft placed tackles. The marksman occupied himself to raise the cannon while the helmsman was responsible to align the bow at the target.
Mast and sail during the surprise actions were lowered on the benches to proceed and use the oars and to delay as long as possible the interception from the part of the enemy
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Direct descedant of the Greek “Dromone”, which dated back to the 12th Century, the Xebec
Represents one of the fastest ships developed by the French for the many battles fought
Against the Saracens.
Scale 1:49 , Length 520mm
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This model represents a gunboat galley of the American fleet. These galleys made a
very important contribution to the American victory. Small but heavily armed,
They were extremely agile vessels and made possible extremely rapid manoeuvers.
Equipped with a cannon and a carronade, this gunboat is extremely interesting for its
profile and for its sails, which show a marked Mediterranean influence
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The HMS Shine is a superb model of an English cutter built in 1712
at the Bermuda shipyards. The second mast was a later addition to
increase sail power and speed up the commercial connections with
the East Indies.
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The HMS Sharke was built in 1711 at the Deptford dockyards on the River Thames, she was principaly designed for stealth and speed. The British government had an on-going problem with patroling the choppy waters of the English Channel, and the surrounding estuary areas. Merchant ships carrying cargo, foreign nationals and even spies would use the cover of darkness to elude the authorites in entering the country. With its tremendous area of sail the HMS Sharke would appear out of nowhere and give chase, she would then bear down on her prey. Because of her shallow draught and minimal tonnage she could follow the smuggler almost anywhere even up shallow rivers and over dangerous shoals. With her armament of cannons and falconets she could easily take care of any smuggler who foolishly thought he could evade the Sharke.
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A schooner of the French navy in 1848, Le Hussard was armed with two rotating carronades, one at the stern and one at the bow. This armament, combined with good manouvrability made Le Hussard a feared adversary
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For centuries huge fleets of ocean going junks plied the rivers, seas and harbours of the far East, from Singapore to Northern China. They transported supplies and timber and were often armed with cannons for which reason they were menace to the merchant Clippers transporting tea and spices who could never be sure until it was too late
Whether they were merchant or pirates. The RED DRAGON was one of those famous junks with it's 4 cannons. It's sailcloth roof, It's extra large rudder and the symbolic animals painted on the bulwarks and the transom.
1 : 60 scale. Length is 48 cm, width 16 cm, height 45 cm.
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The Swift was an early 19th century Virginia pilot boat.
Their technical features led the great naval power of that
time to enlarge creating the famous Batimore clipper
Scale 1:43, Length 21”, Height 18”
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Typical Mediterranean galley propelled by galley-slaves and by 2 latin type sails.
Each oar was manned by 5 slaves. Although the galley proved to be a very
Fast ship, it had little resistance to heavy storms with the result that it was mainly
Confined to normally placid seas such as the Mediterranean.
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