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A16 HMS SURPRISE |
| The HMS Surprise was made famous by Patrick O’Brian, in his books on the adventures of Captain Aubrey and the surgeon Maturin, and in the movie Master and Commander. This frigate was built as L&... |
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A18 GOTHENBURG |
| The Gothenburg was an 18th century Swedish merchant ship. It is over 40 meters long, over 10 meters wide, approximately 50 meters tall, and has a cargo capacity of 1350 tons. The return cargo from Chi... |
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A19 L｀HERMIONE |
| In 1778, in the maritime arsenal of Rochefort, the building of the Hermione, a twelve pound frigate, is launched. A few months later, the young marquis de La Fayette takes place on board. After 38 day... |
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A20 CHARLES W.MORGAN |
| The Charles W. Morgan was launched at New Bedford, Mass in 1841 when whaling was at its peak. In 37 voyages over 80 years she traveled more leagues of the world’s oceans than any other American ... |
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A22 PIRATE SHIP |
| With its square-rigged foremast and fore-and-aft sails on its main mast, the brigantine was fast, easy to maneuver and had twice the cargo space of a sloop. No wonder it became the favorite vessel of ... |
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A25 NIAGARA/LAWRENCE |
| Niagara was built at Presque Isle, Pennsylvania, by Adam and Noah Brown under the supervision of Sailing Master Daniel Dobbins and Captain Oliver Hazard Perry, and was launched early in the summer of ... |
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A26 RATTLESNAKE |
| The privateer Rattlesnake was built at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1780. Despite her moderate size of 89 feet on deck, she was fast and weatherly. She sailed with 85 men and carried twenty 6-pounders. ... |
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A31 DUBROVACKA KARAKA |
| Karaka is a very important kind of trading vessel for the Republic of Dubrovnik (1272 - 1808). According to the information from the Dubrovnik Maritime Museum, karakas were the largest ships on the Ad... |
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B04 BLUENOSE |
| Bluenose was launched at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia on March 26, 1921, as both a working cod-fishing schooner and a racing ship. This was in response to a Nova Scotian ship's defeat in a race for working ... |
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B05 MAYFLOWER(UK) |
| In 1620, the English galleon MAYFLOWER set out from the port of Southampton with 102 pilgrims on board. Because of bad weather, the crossing took 77 days. On December 21, the ship landed at what is to... |
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B06 SPANISH GALLEON |
| San Francisco is a Spanish Galleon of the 16th Century. It was one of Spain's finest warships at that time. The strength of the Spanish Armada was due to its galleons. San Francisco strengthened the A... |
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