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 >>
I could not believe how quick it arrived. It was a gift for my Father who is over the moon with it. I hope to do business with you again. Jane Cumiskey, Buyer of J S Elcano (+) Kit (UK Aug 08) MORE >>
Just to say the
Flying Fish arrived and was a great success so thank you for all your help and
advice.Linda Boereboom, Buyer of the Flying Fish Model Ship (UK Oct 08) >> MORE
The model
arrived yesterday afternoon and is absolutely
fabulous!
Many thanks -
it takes pride and place in my office!Gordon
Harris , HMS Endeavour Model Ship Platinum (Jersey Nov 08)>> MORE
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
responsive to Tidewaters needs.Chris
KastellaManager Purchasing &
Administration
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Pictures are great, true craftsmanship! Well done, the quality of
the wood, speaks for itself too.Best Wishes to the team.Khalid Lodhi , Buyer HMS Bounty Model Ship (UK Nov 08)>> MORE
I
found your website through an extensive search using Google; I looked
an many other sites that also construct model ships, including the
Amerigo Vespucci, but I felt the most comfortable with your quality and
what you had to say about your product on the website. I have never
purchased a model ship before [this being my first] but it has always
been a dream of mine since I was a boy. I wait with great anticipation
to receive your work of art.
I look forward to hearing from you. Very truly yours,
Donald Whittaker, The Designer Guy , Buyer of Amerigo Vespucci Model Ship (partially painted) (USA Jul 06)
Hi
Rashid,
I
must say, WOW! Very beautiful work. God will love you more for this.
Thank you, Jack Shemesh, GWCA Founder/Pres./Exec.Director (Swiss
Buyer of custom made Amerigo Vespucci, 1 meter Golden Hind and 1 meter
Mayflower, September 2005)
Please click here for a ship model of the Amerigo Vespucci in our silver range.
Please click here for a painted ship model of the Amerigo Vespucci in our gold range.
Original
specifications: - Training vessel, L/B/D 82.1m * 15.5m * 6.7m, Hull:
Steel, Complement: 450, Built: Royal Shipyard, Castellamare di Stabia,
Italy; 1930.
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 theItalian Navy well into the 1990s.
