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New Bedford Whaleboat - $5,800.00
From the 1720-1920’s nearly 60,000 whaleboats were consumed
by the American whaling industry. With a useful life of no more than
three years, whaleboats were discarded throughout the coastal U.S.
Remarkably, only a dozen or two have survived to become part of museum
collections today. This model is built using plank on frame method
of construction, Includes harpoon, lance, cutting spade heads, knife
blade, oarlocks and mast hinge hardware, compass, buckets and rope.
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Katy of
Norfolk - $3,350.00
Toward the end of the 18th century, “Virginia built” or
Baltimore boats” cane into use a pilot boats, seeing service
from the Delaware Capes to Hatteras. During the American Revolution
and the War of 1812 many privately owned vessels of this type were
armed by their owners and issued privateering commissions by the US
Government.
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Newsboy - Brigantine of Boston,
1854 - $4,950.00
Designed by master navel architect Dennison J. Lawlor, the Newsboy
was built by Capt. Elisha Brown at a cost of $20,000. She plied the
“Triangular Trade” route, carrying New England lumber
and leather goods to the Mediterranean, then sailing to the West Indies
with wine, oil and fruits before returning home with a load of sugar,
molasses and rum.
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Additional Models in the Gallery for Sale
Jefferson Davis Revenue Cutter $4,950
Benjamin W.Latham, Grand Banks Fishing Schooner
$4,250
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