| Content | The model is 100% scratch built with planks-on-frame construction method. The hull is made of combination exotic wood. The masts are full-rigged with furl sails. It takes hundreds of hours to finish this model by skillful master craftsmen.
The ornaments such as cannons, anchors, lamps are metal.
Model is fully assembled and ready to display. The base included with the brass nameplate as show pictures.
Dimensions overall approximate 31.50L x 10.23W x 28.34H (inch) or 80L x 26W x 72H (cm)
Buyer from Alaska, Puerto Rico or Hawaii, please contact us for extra shipping cost.
International buyer pays any duty/ import tax.
HISTORY
Great Michael, was a carrack or great ship of the Royal Scottish Navy. She was the largest ship built by King James IV of Scotland as part of his policy of building a strong Scottish navy.
She was ordered around 1505 and laid down in 1507 under the direction of Captain Sir Andrew Wood of Largo and the master shipwright Jacques Terrell, launched on 12 October 1511 and completed on 18 February 1512. She was too large to be built at any existing Scottish dockyard, so was built at the new dock at Newhaven. When Michael was launched she was the largest ship afloat, with twice the original displacement of her English contemporary Mary Rose, which was launched in 1509 and completed in 1510.
The poet William Dunbar wrote of her construction:
Carpentaris,
Beildaris of barkis and ballingaris,
Masounis lyand upon the land
And schipwrichtis hewand upone the strand.
— William Dunbar
Translation from Middle Scots:
Carpenters,
Builders of barques and balingers,
Masons lying upon the land,
And shipwrights hewing upon the strand.
The chronicler Lindsay of Pitscottie wrote of the building of Michael that "all the woods of Fife, except Falkland wood, besides all the timber that was got out of Norway" went into her construction. Account books add that timbers were purchased from other parts of Scotland, as well as from France and the Baltic Sea. Lindsay gives her dimensions as 240 feet (73 m) long and 35 ft (11 m) in beam. Russell (1922) notes that Michael was supposed to have been built with oak walls 10 ft (3.0 m) thick. She displaced about 1,000 tons, had four masts, carried 24 guns (purchased from Flanders) on the broadside, 1 basilisk forward and 2 aft, and 30 smaller guns (later increased to 36 main guns), and had a crew of 300 sailors, 120 gunners, and up to 1,000 soldiers.
Henry VIII of England was unwilling to be outdone, and ordered the building of the 1000-ton Henry Grace à Dieu, launched in roughly 1512, later known as Great Harry, which was even larger. These ships were the first great ships, the precursors of the later ship of the line.
Michael was named after the archangel Michael and built to support the king's unrealised project for a Scottish crusade against the Ottoman Empire to reclaim Palestine for Christendom.
James IV and Margaret Tudor had supper on the Michael on 3 August 1512. In November 1512 the Great Michael and the Margaret were at Blackness Castle. James IV came aboard the Michael on St Andrew's day to hold an audience with the French ambassador, Charles de Tocque, sieur de la Mothe. The Auld Alliance of Scotland and France was confirmed.
The commitments of the Auld Alliance with France required Scotland to go to war with England, to divert England from her war with Louis XII of France (see the Italian Wars). In August 1513 a Scottish invasion force was assembled to attack English possessions in France. Commanded by James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran, the chief ships were Michael, Margaret and James. Instead of attacking the English, Arran raided Carrickfergus in Ireland and returned with loot before proceeding to France.
A warship of this size was costly to maintain, particularly for a small country such as Scotland. After James IV and many of the nobility of Scotland were killed at the Battle of Flodden in September 1513, Michael was sold to Louis XII of France on 2 April 1514 for the bargain price of 40,000 livres and became known as "La Grande Nef d'Ecosse" (The Big Nave of Scotland) (Nave is from the medieval Latin navis, meaning 'ship'). In March 1514 Michael was reported to be docked at Honfleur because she was too big for the harbour at Dieppe. Most historians have accepted the account of the Scottish historian George Buchanan that after this, the French allowed her to rot at Brest. Norman MacDougall in 1991 suggested that under her new French name she may have taken part in the Battle of the Solent in 1545, the French attack on England that led to the sinking of the Mary Rose.
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For some reasons if you wish to return the item, please consider not to open the item out of the wooden crate or open the item out of the styrofoam. You can open the carton box, lift up the whole wooden crate and check the models that are packed in wooden crate. For the items are packed in solid styrofoam, you can open the carton box, lift up the top part (styrofoam lid) and check the model. Please do not cut any strips or take the model out of the wooden crate or out of the styrofoam. It is very risky of damages to the item when you return if you open or remove the item out of the wooden crate or the styrofoam. We only accept and refund in full when the model return in good shape.
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| • The model is 100% scratch built with planks-on-frame construction method. The hull is made of combination exotic wood and painted. The masts are full-rigged with full sails. It takes hundreds of hours to finish this model by skillful master craftsmen.
• The ornaments such as cannons, anchors, lamps are metal.
• Model is fully assembled and ready to display. The base included with the brass nameplate as show pictures.
• Dimensions overall approximate 29.52L x 7W x 26.7H (inch) or 75L x 18W x 68H (cm)
• Buyer from Alaska, Puerto Rico or Hawaii, please contact us for extra shipping cost.
• International buyer pays any duty/ import tax.
Return/ Exchange Policy
• For some reasons if you wish to return the item, please consider not to open the item out of the wooden crate or open the item out of the styrofoam. You can open the carton box, lift up the whole wooden crate and check the models that are packed in wooden crate. For the items are packed in solid styrofoam, you can open the carton box, lift up the top part (styrofoam lid) and check the model. Please do not cut any strips or take the model out of the wooden crate or out of the styrofoam. It is very risky of damages to the item when you return if you open or remove the item out of the wooden crate or the styrofoam. We only accept and refund in full when the model return in good shape.
• Returned or exchanged products must be in brand-new, original condition, and have all original packaging, materials, and accessories .
• Buyer pays return shipping.
• 15% restocking fee might apply.
| • The model is 100% scratch built with planks-on-frame construction method. The hull is made of combination exotic wood stained that you can see the natural wood grains. The masts are full-rigged with full sails. It takes hundreds of hours to finish this model by skillful master craftsmen.
• The ornaments such as cannons, anchors, lamps are metal.
• Model is fully assembled and ready to display. The base included with the brass nameplate as show pictures.
• Dimensions approximate 37L x 11.42W x 28.74H (inch) or 94L x 29W x 73H (cm)
• Buyer from Alaska, Puerto Rico, Hawaii or overseas, please contact us for shipping cost.
Return/ Exchange Policy
• For some reasons if you wish to return the item, please consider not to open the item out of the wooden crate or open the item out of the styrofoam. You can open the carton box, lift up the whole wooden crate and check the models that are packed in wooden crate. For the items are packed in solid styrofoam, you can open the carton box, lift up the top part (styrofoam lid) and check the model. Please do not cut any strips or take the model out of the wooden crate or out of the styrofoam. It is very risky of damages to the item when you return if you open or remove the item out of the wooden crate or the styrofoam. We only accept and refund in full when the model return in good shape.
• Returned or exchanged products must be in brand-new, original condition, and have all original packaging, materials, and accessories .
• Buyer pays return shipping.
• 15% restocking fee might apply.
| • The model is 100% scratch built with planks-on-frame construction method. The hull is made of combination exotic wood and painted. The masts are full-rigged with full sails. It takes hundreds of hours to finish this model by skillful master craftsmen.
• The ornaments such as cannons, anchors, lamps are metal.
• Model is fully assembled and ready to display. The base included with the brass nameplate as show pictures.
• Dimensions overall approximate 33L x 9.44W x 24.80H (inch) or 84L x 24W x 63H (cm)
• Buyer from Alaska, Puerto Rico or Hawaii, please contact us for extra shipping cost.
• International buyer pays any duty/ import tax.
Return/ Exchange Policy
• For some reasons if you wish to return the item, please consider not to open the item out of the wooden crate or open the item out of the styrofoam. You can open the carton box, lift up the whole wooden crate and check the models that are packed in wooden crate. For the items are packed in solid styrofoam, you can open the carton box, lift up the top part (styrofoam lid) and check the model. Please do not cut any strips or take the model out of the wooden crate or out of the styrofoam. It is very risky of damages to the item when you return if you open or remove the item out of the wooden crate or the styrofoam. We only accept and refund in full when the model return in good shape.
• Returned or exchanged products must be in brand-new, original condition, and have all original packaging, materials, and accessories .
• Buyer pays return shipping.
• 15% restocking fee might apply.
| • The model is 100% scratch built with planks-on-frame construction method. The hull is made of combination exotic wood and painted. The masts are full rigged with linen sails. It take hundreds of hours to finish this model by skillful master craftsmen.
• The ornaments such as anchor, propeller, steering wheel are metal.
• Model is fully assembled and ready to display. The base included with the brass nameplate as show pictures.
• Dimensions approximate 37"L x 9"W x 20.47"H
• Buyer from Alaska, Puerto Rico or Hawaii, please contact us for extra shipping cost.
• Item ship from Houston Texas by Standard shipping USPS/ UPS/ FedEx ground
• International buyer pays any duty/ import tax if any.
Return/ Exchange Policy
• For some reasons if you wish to return the item, please consider not to open the item out of the wooden crate or open the item out of the styrofoam. You can open the carton box, lift up the whole wooden crate and check the models that are packed in wooden crate. For the items are packed in solid styrofoam, you can open the carton box, lift up the top part (styrofoam lid) and check the model. Please do not cut any strips or take the model out of the wooden crate or out of the styrofoam. It is very risky of damages to the item when you return if you open or remove the item out of the wooden crate or the styrofoam. We only accept and refund in full when the model return in good shape.
• Returned or exchanged products must be in brand-new, original condition, and have all original packaging, materials, and accessories .
• Buyer pays return shipping.
• 15% restocking fee might apply.
| • The model is 100% scratch built with planks-on-frame construction method. The hull is made of combination exotic wood and painted as the real ship. The masts are full-rigged with full sails. It takes hundreds of hours to finish this model by skillful master craftsmen.
• The ornaments such as cannons, anchors, lamps are metal.
• Model is fully assembled and ready to display. The base included with the brass nameplate as show pictures.
• Dimensions approximate 37"L x 10.62"W x 29.52"H
• Buyer from Alaska, Puerto Rico, Hawaii or overseas, please contact us for shipping cost.
HISTORY
Jeanie Johnston is a replica of a three masted barque that was originally built in Quebec, Canada, in 1847 by the Scottish-born shipbuilder John Munn. The replica Jeanie Johnston performs a number of functions: an ocean-going sail training vessel at sea and in port converts into a living history museum on 19th century emigration and, in the evenings, is used as a corporate event venue.
The original Jeanie Johnston was bought by Tralee, Co. Kerry-based merchants John Donovan & Sons, as a cargo vessel and traded successfully between Tralee and North America for a number of years. The trading pattern was to bring emigrants from Ireland to North America, and then to bring timber back to Europe.
In 2003 the replica Jeanie Johnston sailed from Tralee to Canada and the United States visiting 32 US and Canadian cities and attracting over 100,000 visitors. She took part in the Tall Ships Race from Waterford to Cherbourg in 2005 and finished 60th out of 65 ships. Other notable Irish tall ships or sail training ships are the Asgard II (lost in the Bay of Biscay in 2008), the Dunbrody, the Lord Rank (N.I.) and the Creidne (I.N.S.).
The replica is currently owned by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority who bought it in 2005 for a reported 2.7 million Euro, which were used to clear outstanding loans on the vessel guaranteed by Tralee Town Council and Kerry County Council. From 2006 to 2008 she was operated on their behalf by Rivercruise Ireland. During that time she carried approximately 980 sail trainees and over 2,500 passengers, making regular visits to ports around Britain and Ireland, and also undertaking several trips to Spain each summer, often carrying voyage crew who intended to join the Camino de Santiago. In between these voyages she would offer day-sails in Dublin Bay.
In early 2009 the Dublin Docklands Development Authority and Rivercruise Ireland could not reach agreement. DDDA then offered the Department of Defence use of the ship as a training vessel for free (as a replacement for the sunken Asgard II), but the offer was turned down. The Department of Defence declared the Jeanie Johnston unsuitable because of her lack of speed, her required crew size of 11 and her inability to participate in tall ships races.
No alternative operator was found until mid-2010, when Galway-based company Aiseanna Mara Teoranta was appointed to operate the ship as a museum. In 2010, the ship was not in seagoing condition. In 2011, significant water damage was discovered, but repair work wasn't carried out until three years later since the DDDA claims it did not have the funding to dry dock the vessel. As of 2015, another 500,000 euro would be required to make the ship seaworthy and suitable for training.
Return/ Exchange Policy
• For some reasons if you wish to return the item, please consider not to open the item out of the wooden crate or open the item out of the styrofoam. You can open the carton box, lift up the whole wooden crate and check the models that are packed in wooden crate. For the items are packed in solid styrofoam, you can open the carton box, lift up the top part (styrofoam lid) and check the model. Please do not cut any strips or take the model out of the wooden crate or out of the styrofoam. It is very risky of damages to the item when you return if you open or remove the item out of the wooden crate or the styrofoam. We only accept and refund in full when the model return in good shape.
• Returned or exchanged products must be in brand-new, original condition, and have all original packaging, materials, and accessories .
• Buyer pays return shipping.
• 15% restocking fee might apply.
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