Amerigo Vespucci Model Ship,Superior Range,handcrafted,ready made,wooden,ship model,frigate,training vessel

Description

Amerigo Vespucci Model Ship

Handcrafted, scratch built and ready made. Absolutely nothing to do, except to remove from their boxes!

In the late 1920s, the Italian navy began construction of two ships for training their officer cadets at Sea, Cristoforo Colombo and Amerigo Vespucci. The design chosen was that of a seventy-four-gun frigate, though they had steel hulls and carried double top gallants, auxiliary power, and other modern devices.

Amerigo Vespucci was named for the Florentine explorer for whom the sixteenth century German cartographer Martin Waldseemuller, named the newly discovered land masses to the West.

Her full lines are in sharp contrast to the majority of sail-training vessels. A letter from a Norwegian submarine commander having encountered the two sister ships reads as follows:

On breaking surface, I took a quick look around and got a shock. I had gone down in the 20th century and come up again in the 18th century, for there stood in front of me, two majestic men-of war, under a press of canvas and sailing proudly.

Following the Second World War, her sister ship was acquired by the Soviet Union. Amerigo Vespucci resumed her sail-training mission for the Italian Navy well into the 1990s.

Please do not hesitate to contact us for any more information.

Weight	128 kg
Choose Your Cannons	Brass, Painted
Size	L: 100 cm x W: 30 cm x H: 63 cm, L: 130 cm x W: 37 cm x H: 90 cm
Personalise your name plate	Personalised name plate, Standard name plate
Sails rolled up or down	Furled (Rolled Up), Rolled Down

Weight

128 kg

Choose Your Cannons

Brass, Painted

Size

L: 100 cm x W: 30 cm x H: 63 cm, L: 130 cm x W: 37 cm x H: 90 cm

Personalise your name plate

Personalised name plate, Standard name plate

Sails rolled up or down

Furled (Rolled Up), Rolled Down

vincent bekaert

2024-09-13

After a Dutch company told me they were no longer taking orders, a Chinese company did not respond and an American one did not offer the desired finish, I ended up at Premier Ship Models in January 2024. I opted for a premium finish from 6-8 months for the build of a 1990 Hinkley Sou'wester. With nothing more than a top view and a side view and a lot of photos they got to work. 9 times I got an update with photos to assess the progress and make comments. I happily made a photo album of this. I asked for quite a few corrections, which were all carried out. The only downside was a huge underestimation of the shipping costs. But the ship was very well packed and delivered in September. The sailing ship had suffered a bit on the journey, but I was able to repair that easily, except for the downhaul - it was too simple and would break off again immediately. I left that out (it would still be nice to receive a "real life" version). The correspondence was very good, my sincere thanks to the team for the great job!

Douglas Holmes

2024-09-10

The first time I used Premier Ship Models was for a kit of the Batavia, this year. (2024). I was so happy with the service that when I was looking at getting the 'ghost ship' The Flying Dutchman, I checked around online and was extremely pleased to find they had it. Not only that but they were cheaper than other model ship kit suppliers I have used in the past. And again, on top of that it only took 8 days to get from placing the order in the UK to having FedEx deliver it on my doorstep in Western Australia. To put that into perspective, I am still awaiting delivery via Australia Post for some parts from Sydney NSW, three separate orders placed 15 days ago.... Extremely satisfied and would recommend them to anyone.

cashrc

2024-08-13

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Bob moore

2024-08-12

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Tim Fletcher

2024-08-12

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