This boat was commonly used to transport people of “importance” on the Thames so that they could avoid using the crowded and dirty city streets of London.
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 […]
About the Model This is one of many model constructed by our departed member George Livingston. Unfortunately, George did not label any of his models. We are fairly certain it is not scratch built, and are attempting to identify the name of the vessel and the name of the kit […]