Model Shipways US Frigate Confederacy 1778 Скачать руководство пользователя страница 1

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Kit No. MS ????

Scale: 3/16" = 1 ft.

Overall Length: 35"

Height: 8 1/2”"

Instructions and model prototype prepared by 

Chuck Passaro

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Modeling The

US Frigate 

Confederacy

1778

Содержание US Frigate Confederacy 1778

Страница 1: ...Download the full color version of these instructions www modelexpo online com Kit No MS Scale 3 16 1 ft Overall Length 35 Height 8 1 2 Instructions and model prototype prepared by Chuck Passaro INSTRUCTION MANUAL Modeling The US Frigate Confederacy 1778 ...

Страница 2: ... Confederacy Dr Robinson also mentioned that Benjamin Talman s widow credited him as the builder Although Robinson gave no source for the widow s claim a Rhode Island shipbuilder named Benjamin Tallman was possibly the Mr Tolman in the Marine Committee report building the ship under Joshua Huntington s supervision As construction continued into the summer and fall of 1778 Congress made several dec...

Страница 3: ...ing a cargo of much consequence to the public In October she was tasked with carrying a political delegation to Europe on an important diplomatic mission John Jay and his family sailed in Confederacy only to see the ship dismasted by a hurricane near Newfoundland on November 7 Captain Harding managed to work the ship southward She made Martinique in mid December with six feet of water in the hold ...

Страница 4: ...for action sailing straight for the British ship Soon another British ship appeared and Confederacy was now hopelessly outnum bered Captain Harding ordered Confederacy s surrender The first ship he encountered was the 44 gun Roebuck while her consort was the new Amazon class 32 gun frigate Orpheus The initial reports of Confederacy s capture indi cated that she would be a useful addition to the Ro...

Страница 5: ...of the American naval effort during the Revolution There were great plans and beautiful ships but in the end it was a fail ure She was as Dr Robinson noted a beauti ful but unlucky ship Fortunately for future gen erations the British took her lines and preserved them We can now study these designs and build models of these ships to celebrate the history they represent as well as the ingenuity of t...

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