Now available for the first time ever, a precise scale model of the Trincomalee. This highly collectible full-hull (not waterline) display model ship has an approximate retail value of $1,500, but we are making it available for a whole lot less! The wooden base makes it very handy and easy to display.  Now, imagine this precise work of model ship art sitting proudly on top of your desk in the office, or on the mantle at home. Your friends, colleagues, or maybe even your former shipmates, come in and marvel as they admire your (latest) acquisition, wondering aloud how expensive this RARE and valuable model ship is. You, of course, will smile, pleased that you had seized the opportunity when it was offered - knowing what a bargain it really is, a very well-made model ship at the very best possible price...less than half of what it could actually cost on the market!

• Requires hundreds of hours to build from scratch (not from a model kit) by our master artisans.
• Plank on frame construction (a painstaking process where each individual plank is added to the hull one at a time).
• Built with rare, high quality woods such as rosewood, cherry, teak and birch.
• The model rests perfectly on a large wood base.
• Masterfully stitched canvas sails.
• Metal anchors and machine turned brass cannons.
• Significant deck detail. 
• To build this ship, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings, copies of original plans and photos of the actual ship.
• The Hull is plated with copper as was the original.

37" long 11" wide 31" tall

History:

The Trincomalee 1817 project is an ongoing process. The restoration is completed, but that was only the beginning! HMS Trincomalee, built in Bombay for the Admiralty in 1817, is the oldest ship afloat in the UK and the last of the commissioned frigates of the Nelson era. She saw service in the West Indies and throughout the vast Pacific in the nineteenth century before taking a role as a training vessel, largely in Portsmouth, that lasted until 1986, by which time she was in poor condition. The Ship was sensitively restored in Hartlepool between 1990 and 2001in a project that gained widespread acclaim with the Trust winning an International Maritime Heritage Award. Subsequent recognition has included a Silver Award in the 2004 national finals of the Excellence in England Tourism ‘Oscars’, and reference in several notable publications as a fine example of the voluntary maritime sector leading economic and tourism regeneration in the renaissance of towns and cities. Today, HMS Trincomalee is afloat in the Graving Dock as the central attraction of Hartlepool’s Maritime Experience [HME] and is open to the public throughout the year. In addition to the usual visits, the Ship is able to host weddings, functions and presentations and is a popular venue for filming. Educational usage is another important element of the Trust’s work.