Sovereign Of The Seas Wooden Model Ship

Description

Sovereign Of The Seas Tall Ship Wooden Scale Model. Condition is "Used". Local pickup only.
This model ship was purchased at an Estate Auction. The maker only made two versions of this model in Italy. Hand crafted in Oak, Metal, and String. The case has a few minor scuffs, but the ship is in perfect condition due to the case. This is for local pick up only and am willing to assist in the transport depending on distance to destination. This ship model is to scale and is designed after the famous ship “Sovereign of the Seas”.
Sovereign of the Seas was a warship of the Royal Navy with an armament of 102 guns. Phineas Pett designed her after Charles I informed him to design a great new ship as part of his effort to improve England’s navy. She was built by Peter Pett, at Woolwich Dockyard in England and was launched in 1637.
Sovereign of the Seas was intended as an instrument of propaganda as well as war. The Sovereign of the Seas was the Royal Navy’s most lavishly ornamented vessel. The brothers John and Mathias Christmas carved her decorations.
The ship-money tax levied by Charles I for his naval program contributed to his overthrow and execution in 1649. His subjects resented his lavish and inappropriate naval program.
In 1660 the Sovereign of the Seas was rebuilt and renamed Royal Sovereign. Despite the Sovereign of the Seas vast size, she was slow and could not keep company with other ships during combat.
She did, however, see action during the battle of Kentish Knock in 1652, Orfordness in 1666, Solebay in 1672, Schoonveld in 1673, and the Texel in 1673.
After another rebuild in 1685, the Sovereign of the Seas was at Beachy Head in 1690 and Barfleur in 1692.
Unfortunately, disaster struck eleven years later when a misplaced candle set the Sovereign of the Seas on fire and she burned at Chatham.