 |
Web Hosting by Netfirms | Free Domain Names by Netfirms |
|
|
|
Click on this image to download a 65k detail
Built in 1889 by Moses Adams in Essex, Massachusetts, the Fredonia was designed by Edward Burgess, a man famous for his America's Cup defenders. The Fredonia, a refinement of his earlier fishing schooner Carrie E Phillips, spent the first year afloat as a yacht for J. Malcolm Forbes. In 1890, however, he sold the Fredonia and the yacht was refitted as a Grand Banks fishing schooner. Later the same year, the schooner sailed on its first trip to the Grand Banks fishing grounds.
The Fredonia's revolutionary design literally reshaped the New England Grand Banks fleet as new schooners quickly copied the clipper bow, shallow forefoot, narrow counter, the sharp lines at the bow and stern and the topside tumblehome. The Fredonia had a short life, however. In 1896, just days before Christmas, the ship was swept by a heavy sea while on the Grand Banks and sank. Other nearby schooners quickly came to the rescue and all but two of the 23 man crew were saved from the icy waters of the North Atlantic.
With this model of the Fredonia, I tried out something new for the first time: Changing the orientation of the bottle with regard to the stand. I'm pleased with the results. It seems to impart the ship with a sense of life and vitality. Painting: Fog by Winslow Homer
Displacement: 109.44 Tons Length: 116.5 ft(35.5
m) Beam: 23.5 ft (7.2 m)
Scale: 1 in 370 Length of Model: 4.75" (120
mm)
Model ship photos & text © D.S. Smith 2003
Go to Gallery Indexes: The Navy Page * The Yachtsman's Page * In A Light Bulb * Sailing Ships * Motor Ships
Return to Scale Reproductions Home Index