Three Hierarchs (Tri Sviatitelia) — Russian Ship of the Line Model, Painted Medium | Admiral Line
Three Hierarchs (Tri Sviatitelia) — Russian Ship of the Line Model, Painted Medium | Admiral Line
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.
- T324
An Imperial Russian ship of the line in painted finish — two gun decks, a carved and gilded stern, and the heavy, high-sided profile of a Baltic-built warship.
Built plank on frame in western red cedar, rosewood and mahogany, hand-painted, fully assembled.
Construction
- Plank-on-frame hull, hand-painted with gun-port banding
- Two gun decks with cast cannon
- Carved and gilded stern gallery, quarter galleries and beakhead
- Three masts and bowsprit with complete 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
About the name
Tri Sviatitelia — Three Hierarchs — honours Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom, the three saints jointly commemorated in the Orthodox calendar. Several ships of the Imperial Russian Navy carried the name across the 18th and 19th centuries, most of them serving with the Black Sea Fleet, where Russian ships of the line fought the Ottoman navy through a century of intermittent war.