12 Apostolov — Imperial Russian 120-Gun Ship of the Line Model (60 cm / Plank-on-Frame Wood)
12 Apostolov — Imperial Russian 120-Gun Ship of the Line Model (60 cm / Plank-on-Frame Wood)
How big is it?
Length about 60 cm / 23.6 in. Drawn to scale; the model outline is a simplified shape.
Model details
- Size
- 23.6 in / 60 cm
- Materials
- 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.
- T313
A Russian 120-gun three-decker from the Black Sea Fleet — among the most heavily armed ships ever built under sail, rendered plank on frame at 60 cm.
Construction
- 60 cm plank-on-frame hull, laid one plank at a time over a wooden frame
- Three gun decks with cast cannon and carved port surrounds
- Carved and gilded stern gallery and quarter galleries
- Three masts and bowsprit with complete hand-knotted 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
Dvenadsat Apostolov — the Twelve Apostles — was launched at Nikolayev in 1841, a 120-gun first rate and one of the finest ships the Imperial Russian Navy ever built. She served with the Black Sea Fleet under Kornilov and Nakhimov.
Her end was deliberate. In September 1854, with an Anglo-French fleet off Sevastopol and no prospect of beating it at sea, the Russian command scuttled its own battle line across the harbour mouth to make the entrance impassable. Dvenadsat Apostolov was sunk with the rest. Her guns and crews went ashore to the siege works, where they held out for eleven months.