Sovereign of the Seas — 1637 English Warship Model, XL with LED Lights (57.9 in / 147 cm, Cedar, Mahogany & Teak)
Sovereign of the Seas — 1637 English Warship Model, XL with LED Lights (57.9 in / 147 cm, Cedar, Mahogany & Teak)
How big is it?
Length about 147 cm / 57.9 in, height about 135 cm. Drawn to scale; the model outline is a simplified shape.
Model details
- Size
- 57.9 in / 147 cm
- Materials
- Mahogany, Western red cedar, Teak, 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.
- T374
Nearly five feet of the most decorated warship ever built, with concealed LED lighting worked into the hull.
The lighting is the point of this edition. Sovereign of the Seas carried gilded sculpture across every surface above the waterline, and lit from within — gun ports, stern gallery, quarter galleries — the carving reads at night in a way daylight never quite delivers. Wired discreetly so nothing shows in daylight.
Specification
- 57.9 in / 147 cm
- XL plank-on-frame hull in western red cedar, mahogany and teak
- Integrated LED lighting through gun ports and stern galleries
- Three gun decks with individually fitted cast cannon and carved port wreaths
- Deep-carved and gilded stern gallery, quarter galleries, beakhead and figurehead
- Three masts and bowsprit with full hand-knotted rigging, ratlines throughout
- Hand-stitched linen sails on every yard
- Ship's boats, capstan, wheel, gratings, ladders and rails
- Heavy solid wood base with engraved brass nameplate
- Fully assembled — arrives crated on a pallet
Before you order
Measure the space including mast height and bowsprit reach, and plan for a nearby outlet. This ships by freight.
History
Built by Peter Pett at Woolwich for Charles I and launched in 1637 with 102 guns, she was the most heavily armed and most extravagantly gilded ship afloat. The Ship Money raised to pay for her was levied without Parliament's consent and became one of the constitutional grievances behind the English Civil War. The Dutch, who met her across three wars, called her the Golden Devil. A candle left burning ended her in 1697.