Country: France

This is a model of the first USS Intrepid. It was a Tripolitan vessel (the Mastico) taken during the Barbary Wars by Stephen Decatur and used in a raid to destroy the captured US frigate Philadelphia in the harbor of Tripoli. Previously it had been used as a bomb vessel […]

The ironclad Hoche was an early ironclad battleship of the French Navy.

The Royal Louis was a 1st-rate 116-gun ship of the line of the Royal French Navy. Construction finished in 1762.

La Couronne was the first major warship built by the French

Late 18th-century French privateer

Model Images About the Model This model is based on plans purchased from Association Des Amis des Musees de la Marine, in Paris. They are of a cutter found in the museum collection, the prototype being Model No. 21 mg 46. The booklet of plans is very complete and in […]