Goto Predestination — Peter the Great's 1700 Warship Model, L60 Natural Wood | Admiral Line
Goto Predestination — Peter the Great's 1700 Warship Model, L60 Natural Wood | Admiral Line
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
- Mahogany, Cedar, 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.
- T335
Sixty centimetres of natural hardwood — no paint, gilding only on the carving, and the plank-on-frame construction left entirely visible.
This is the edition for people who want to see how the thing was made. Every hull plank reads individually, the grain shifts where cedar meets mahogany, and brass fittings sit against bare wood rather than against a painted surface.
Specification
- 60 cm plank-on-frame hull in hardwood, natural clear finish
- Gun ports with cast cannon
- Carved and gilded stern gallery 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
The ship
Russia's first domestically designed ship of the line, launched at Voronezh in 1700. Peter the Great drew her himself after two years spent learning shipbuilding by hand in the yards of Amsterdam and Deptford — he worked as a labourer under a false name to do it.