georgeband Posted October 29, 2022 #1 Posted October 29, 2022 I have been researching HMS Whiting in obsessive detail for a model of the schooner that I am building. One branch of the research took me off on a tangent which gives a flavour of the war of 1812 from the perspective of a small trading vessel. False colours abound and the boundary between privateering and piracy is definitely crossed. Spoiler alert: at the end the lawyers win. The 1805 Club accepted my paper and published it in their magazine, the Kedge Anchor, earlier this year. I have attached a pdf extract which is only two pages so a quick read. Enjoy! If you don't know about the 1805 Club then have a look on Google. George KA 57 Bandurek.pdf trippwj, jchbeiner, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote George Bandurek Near the coast in Sussex, England Current build: HMS Whiting (Caldercraft Ballahoo with enhancements) Previous builds: Cutter Sherbourne (Caldercraft) and many non-ship models
tkay11 Posted October 29, 2022 #2 Posted October 29, 2022 Thanks, George. Very interesting. So many countries adopted the practice for commercial as well as war reasons, there must be many such stories to be told. Tony Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote === First build: Caldercraft HM Cutter Sherbourne 1763 FINISHED 2nd build: Triton cross-section COMPLETED 3rd build: La Chaloupe Armée / 42ft Armed Longboat of 1834 by tkay11 – scale 1:36, plans by M. Delacroix COMPLETED 4th build: Allège d’Arles 1833 (Ancre) POB by tkay11 – scale 1:100, plans by F. Fissore COMPLETED Working on La Jacinthe 1:96 POB (ANCRE publications)
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