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Ship model SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS
Scale 1 : 78,
length 110 cm, width 46 cm, height 90 cm
Launched
in 1637, the SOVEREIGN OF THE
SEAS was larger and more powerful than any other ship of her time. She sailed with 800 men, and her 104 guns could fire a broadside of more
than a ton of metal.
In 1634, Charles I had asked
the great English shipbuilder
Phineas Pett to
build of a great new ship as part of his overall effort to improve and expand
England’s navy. Built at a cost
of £65,586 – about ten 40-gun ships could have been built for the same amount –
the
SOVEREIGN
OF THE SEAS was intended as an instrument of
propaganda as well as war. She was the
Royal Navy’s most lavishly ornamented vessel.
In 1660 she was rebuilt and renamed Royal Sovereign.
During the three Anglo-Dutch Wars, she saw action at
the Battle of Ketish Knock in 1652, Orfordness (1666), Solebay (1672),
Schoonveld (1673), and the
battle of Texel (1673).
Following another rebuild in 1685, in the War of the League of Augsburg, she was
at the
battle of Beachy Head (1690) and the
battles of Barfleur and La Hogue (1692). In 1696
a misplaced candle set the ship on fire and she burned at
Chatham.
Please take your time to have a good look at
the set of photos. There are several views of the entire ship model
(16 photos with 650 kB in total) and
closer views of hull, deck and
rigging (33 photos with 2 MB in total). If you click on a
photo you will get that photo in high resolution. Only these high resolution
photographs show how much work and handicraft ability were put in the model. (If
you use Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, press F11 to minimize
navigation bars and have a larger screen with the photos.)
This model of the
SOVEREIGN
OF THE SEAS is an
excellent piece of work. The rigging and hull are impressive, and the many details
show the art of shipbuilding at that time. It took Mr. Eschker 22 months to make
this ship model.
The model is
fixed to the stand board by two screws that could be easily removed.
It is 1 : 78 scale. Length is 110
cm, width 46 cm, height 90 cm.
This model has been
already sold. The pictures
and the data are shown in the gallery of the ship models
sold only to let
enthusiasts and model makers enjoy the photos and
maybe get ideas or some guidance,
if someone builds such a model by
himself.
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