bruce d Posted April 5, 2019 #1 Posted April 5, 2019 Can anyone shed light on the identity of this ship? I have no reliable information to share, so am starting from scratch. Thanks, Bruce Keith Black 1 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold
ccoyle Posted April 5, 2019 #2 Posted April 5, 2019 Looks suspiciously like a rendition of HMS Beagle. Google "HMS Beagle" and you'll find many similar images and models. CaptainSteve, mtaylor, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, DS Børøysund
druxey Posted April 5, 2019 #3 Posted April 5, 2019 Definitely a Victorian era brig. mtaylor, bruce d and Canute 3 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
uss frolick Posted April 5, 2019 #4 Posted April 5, 2019 (edited) She’s rigged here as a bark. The white stripe extending over the stem makes her post 1815. I say she’s the ex-gun-brig Beagle because she had been rerigged as a bark, and, of course, she was famous enough to have had such a nice painting done of her. Edited April 5, 2019 by uss frolick mtaylor, Keith Black, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote
druxey Posted April 5, 2019 #5 Posted April 5, 2019 Whoops - a bark she is. A brig she was. Thank you for the correction. Frolick! bruce d, Canute, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
bruce d Posted April 5, 2019 Author #6 Posted April 5, 2019 (edited) Thanks for the comments. I have always believed it is Beagle although the picture does not carry any notation. Also, I am grateful for the comments on her rig as I am far from competent to speak on the subject (but had hoped it was 'barque'). Her flags make the numeric '638' or '631': does this mean something I should know about Beagle? Now to tackle the foxing... Thanks again, Bruce Edited April 5, 2019 by bruce d mtaylor, Canute and Keith Black 3 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold
VonHoldinghausen Posted April 5, 2019 #7 Posted April 5, 2019 OcCre has a new kit on the Beagle in 1/60 out now. Cheers bruce d and Canute 2 Quote Finishing Titanic 1/350 scale from Minicraft, Plastic. Partly scratch. Loads of PhotoEtch. Upcoming builds: Syren from MS 1:64, Pegasus from Victory Models 1:64, Surprise from AL 1:48
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