I have just recieved my beautiful model of HMS Beagle which will be used for our exhibition on Evolution here at the Danish Natural History Museum. Thanks Premier Ship Models. Buyer of HMS Beagle Model Ship (Jan 09) MORE >>
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The model
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Many thanks -
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Thank you for sending the model HMS Bounty so promptly. The model arrived extremely well packaged, and in excellent condition.Mark Stevens , Buyer of HMS Bounty Kit (France Nov 08 ) >> MORE
I am sending this E Mail to thank you for the swift delivery of a very fine model which will give me & my grandchildren many years of pleasure.Ron Eccles, Buyer of Sailing Dinghy (UK Nov 08) >> MORE
Thanks for the opportunity to work with Premier Ship Models on Tidewaters model projects! Throughout the process though Premier has been
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Pictures are great, true craftsmanship! Well done, the quality of
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My Mayflower
model ship kit arrived, in perfect condition, a very few days after your
notification of it's dispatch. Thank you very much.
After a very busy time at work,
I have started to make the model just today. I have made one Artesania Latina
model (Santa
Maria) before; it took me a very long time to complete. I
am very excited at the prospect of making another ship.
All-wood construction features african walnut, sapele, ramin, coralplywood and boxwood.
Brass hardware such as eyebolts, rudder hinges, pinracksand much more.Five colors of thread, brown and raw (pale green) for differentrigging applications.
INCLUDES:
Mayflower Model Boat Kit with pre-sized ails.
All fittings and rigging, all deck planking, hull, masts,bowsprit.
Five rolls of rigging thread, British flag, photo-illustrated instruction sheet and plans.
REQUIRES:
Building tools, glue.
History of ship
Although this little ship brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth Rock in 1620 is one of the most celebrated vessels in U.S. history,
facts concerning her origin and ending are obscure. The first definite
record relates back to 1609 when there is a mention of a Mayflower of
London, part owned by Christopher Jones.
This ship plied the seas chiefly between England and the French Biscay ports of La Rochelle and Bordeaux.
Mayflowers charter was eventually arranged through the Merchant
adventurers (including the Virginia Company), who could grant
landrights in the America's for the Separatists who wanted to settle in the New World.
In
July 1620, the separatists sailed from Leyden in Speedwell for a
rendezvous with the Mayflower at Southampton. Both ships sailed in
company with ninety pilgrims aboard the Mayflower (under Captain Jones)
and thirty more on Speedwell.
Unfortunately, the latter was
in no condition for a transatlantic voyage, and at having docked at
Plymouth, they realised they only really had one vessel. About 20 of
the passengers decided against the journey, and the ship finally sailed
from Plymouth on September 6, 1620 with 104 people on Board. They were subsequently referred to as pilgrims and
the first child born at Cape Cod was named Peregrine, or pilgrim. A
child was also borne on board and was named Oceanus Hopkins.
They saw land on November 9, 1620 at Truro, Cape Cod and on November
11, they anchored at Province town harbour. Before going ashore, 41 of
the passengers signed the Mayflower Compact, their operand modis.
After a few expeditions, they settled at a harbour referred on their
map as Plymouth". Although the first winter was hard, in the
spring they met an English-speaking Indian (he had previously been
enslaved and learnt English). Squanto provided inestimable help to the
fledgling pilgrims. By April 1621, half the crew had already died, but
things improved thereafter.
The Mayflower left on April 5, 1621 and arrived in England no more than 31 days later.
Mayflower history at this point becomes something of a mystery. She
was mentioned twice in connection with Captain Jones and his widow in
1621 and 1624. What happened thereafter is unknown.
In 1956, naval architect William A. Baker designed a replica of the Mayflower based on the interpretations of the original pilgrims and ship designs of that age.
In 1957, under Alan Villiers, a crew of thirty-three sailed the replica from
Plymouth, England to Plymouth Massachusetts, in fifty-three days. She
has been on exhibit at Plimoth Plantation ever since.
Baker,
Mayflower and other colonial vessels.New Mayflower. Caffrey; Mayflower.
Hackney, Mayflower. Villiers, How wesailed Mayflower II to America.
