Amerigo Vespucci — Italian Navy Training Ship Model, Medium | Admiral Line
$1,282.99
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Amerigo Vespucci — Italian Navy Training Ship Model, Medium | Admiral Line
$1,282.99
HandcraftedBuilt by skilled modelers
Fully assembledReady to display
Hand-packedTracked delivery
Arrival guaranteeDamaged? We make it right
Model details
- Materials
- Mahogany, Western red cedar, Rosewood, Brass, Linen sails
- Construction
- Plank-on-frame, built by hand
- Condition
- Fully assembled, ready to display
- Display
- Wooden base with brass nameplate
- Collection
- Tall Ship Models - Admiral Line
- Item no.
- T005
A larger rendering of the Italian Navy's 1931 sail training ship, built plank on frame and delivered fully assembled.
The extra size buys detail you can actually see: individual deck planking, separate davits and boats, the tiers of her rigging resolved rather than suggested.
Construction
- Plank-on-frame hull in western red cedar, rosewood and mahogany
- Hundreds of hours of hand work, thousands of individual fittings
- Three square-rigged masts, hand-knotted standing and running rigging
- Hand-stitched linen sails on every yard
- Carved and gilded bow and stern ornament
- Metal anchors, wooden rudder, deck boats and davits
- Solid wood base with engraved brass nameplate
The ship
Built at Castellammare di Stabia and launched in 1931, Amerigo Vespucci is the oldest ship still in commission in the Italian Navy and one of the last true sail training vessels operating a full square rig. Cadets still learn navigation aboard her the way their grandfathers did.