Lynx — 1812 Baltimore Clipper Privateer Model, Painted | Captain Line
Lynx — 1812 Baltimore Clipper Privateer Model, Painted | Captain Line
Model details
- Materials
- Brass, Linen sails
- Construction
- Handcrafted
- Condition
- Fully assembled, ready to display
- Display
- Wooden base with brass nameplate
- Collection
- Tall Ship Models - Captain Line
- Item no.
- T135
A Baltimore clipper privateer from the War of 1812 — built for one purpose, which was to be uncatchable.
Hand-built in hardwood and hand-painted, rigged and finished before it ships. Fully assembled.
Details
- Hand-built hull, painted, with the sharp deadrise and extreme mast rake of the Baltimore type
- Two masts, schooner-rigged with square topsails, hand-knotted rigging
- Hand-stitched linen sails
- Deck fittings, guns, boat and rails
- Solid wood base with brass nameplate
History
Lynx was built at Fell's Point, Baltimore in 1812 and commissioned as a private armed vessel — a privateer licensed to take British merchant shipping. Baltimore clippers carried little cargo and could not stand and fight, but they could outrun almost anything afloat, and American privateers built on these lines took hundreds of prizes during the war. Lynx's luck ran out early: she was captured by a Royal Navy squadron in the Rappahannock in April 1813 and taken into British service. A sailing replica launched in 2001 still operates as a working schooner.