Cool!
Admiral Vernon, the namesake of George Washington's Mount Vernon estate! The original owner was George's older half-brother Lawrence Washington who was an admirer of the admiral and named the estate after him. Lawrence was an officer in Gooch's Marines, a regiment raised in Virginia for the British expedition against Cartagena during King George's War of the 1740's.
(I take no little pride in the fact that George's big brother was a Marine! OK, not OUR Marines, but a Marine just the same! OOO-RAH! )
And the big Admiral Vernon!
Yes sir!
Just spectacular! 17th Century I think?
I made this one too!
Yes I had to soak the planks and pin them to the bulkheads and let them dry.Then I applied glue to make the hull,a challenging process!
Here's the link for the Independence https://artesanialatina.net/en/old-instructions/62260-wooden-model-ship-kit-independence-assembly-guide-20414.html
Same me, different spelling!
Dang right I'm gonna chime in! That's drop dead gorgeous! . I tried building the Independence a few (20) years back but really couldn't get the hang of board by board hull building.
Ah, HMS Hermione, the ship with the bloodiest mutiny in Royal Navy history. It made the Bounty mutiny look like a church picnic.
Here's the story if you're interested.
https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/HMS_Hermione_(1782)
Thanks for responding and I am expecting Penny to chime in! everyone else just looks and refrains from posting!
Yes it is !built the hull about 5 years ago and ran out of gas so I left it as it is!easier for it to fit into the display case !
Beautiful model! I wish I had the patience for ship models but I never had it.
What's the backstory behind the model? Is that HMS Hermoine?
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