12 Apostolov — Imperial Russian 120-Gun Ship Model, Natural Wood L80 | Admiral Line
12 Apostolov — Imperial Russian 120-Gun Ship Model, Natural Wood 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, 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.
- T315
The same 80 cm three-decker left unpainted — cedar, mahogany and rosewood under a clear finish, with gilding only where the carving is.
Bare wood changes what the model is about. Painted, it depicts a warship in service. Unfinished, it also documents its own construction: the run of individual hull planks, the grain shift where one timber meets another, brass against wood. Nothing buried under paint.
Specification
- 80 cm plank-on-frame hull in natural hardwood, clear-finished
- Three gun decks with cast cannon and carved port surrounds
- Carved and gilded stern gallery and quarter galleries over bare wood topsides
- 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 with engraved brass nameplate
- Fully assembled
History
A 120-gun first rate launched at Nikolayev in 1841 for the Black Sea Fleet, and reckoned the finest ship in it. She was scuttled with the rest of the Russian battle line across Sevastopol harbour in September 1854 to block an Anglo-French fleet from entering. Her crews and guns fought the eleven-month siege ashore.