Goto Predestination — Peter the Great's 1700 Warship Model, Large (L80) | Admiral Line
Goto Predestination — Peter the Great's 1700 Warship Model, Large (L80) | Admiral Line
How big is it?
Length about 80 cm / 31.5 in. Drawn to scale; the model outline is a simplified shape.
Model details
- Size
- 31.5 in / 80 cm
- 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.
- T263
The large edition of Russia's first ship of the line — finished in natural hardwood rather than paint, so the plank-on-frame construction stays visible.
Left unpainted, the hull becomes a record of how it was made: individual planks, the run of the frames beneath, the grain of cedar and mahogany against brass fittings. Some collectors will always prefer this to a painted finish, and on a hull this size the argument is strongest.
Construction
- Large plank-on-frame hull in western red cedar, rosewood and mahogany, natural finish
- Carved and gilded stern gallery over bare wood topsides
- Gun ports with cast cannon
- Three masts and bowsprit with full hand-knotted standing and running rigging
- Hand-stitched linen sails on every yard
- Ship's boats, capstan, wheel, anchors and rudder
- Solid wood base and engraved brass nameplate
- Fully assembled
History
Goto Predestinatsia — "God's Foreknowledge" — was launched at Voronezh in 1700 to Peter the Great's own draught, drawn after he returned from working incognito in the Dutch and English shipyards. She was the first ship of the line designed and built in Russia without foreign supervision, a 58-gun vessel for the Azov fleet. A treaty with the Ottomans later cut off her access to the sea, and she was sold to Turkey.