ADMIRALTY STYLE MODEL CLIPPER SHIP FLYING CLOUD

   

Presented is a magnificently made block model of one of the most famous sailing ships in American maritime history, This very special model is complete to the tops of her lower masts in all respects which includes all the details of standing but without the spars and attendant, running rigging. By stopping at the lower mast, the model is accommodated in a custom made glazed case that is only 39 inches long and 19 1/2 inches high making it suitable to be displayed on a shelf rather than on a table or special purpose stand. In British Admiralty style, the back of the case is a sheet of reflective Mylar which displays the side away from the viewer, and when seen from certain angles a complete second image is seen.

 

It is an exceptionally realistic model that is outstanding in all respects, and may fittingly be called "MUSEUM QUALITY". The original Flying Could was designed by famous ship builder David McKay and launched in 1851 in East Boston. In her first passage, from New York to San Francisco she set a record still held today of 89 days, 22 hours. Her registered dimensions were 229' LOA, 40'8" beam and 21'6" draft and 1,782 registered tons.

 

 

Models of this quality are offered by a nautical gallery in Boston where they are priced at over $3000.00 This model is from the same source. It is exact in its design and equal in the quality of the workmanship. All the customary gear and equipment is in place and carefully replicated.

 

By comparison to other models this is LARGE at 39" overall and 19 1/2" high. (base to the top of mast)  

 

Detailed quarter deck

Teak laid deck detail midships

Handsome bow, Cat Head and anchor

Custom hardwood case

PRICE ONLY $1975.00 save $1000.00

 

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This three masted partially rigged model has the original's ebony black hull with white cap rail and deck houses, varnished decks, white masts, and maroon bottom paint.

 

DIMENSIONS:

 

Model 34 1/2" L x 4 1/2" B x 13 3/4" H

Case 39" H x 9 1/4" W x 19 1/2" H

Estimated Weight  48 pounds

 

THE HISTORY OF FLYING CLOUD:

An extreme clipper launched in 1851, at the shipyard of Donald McKay, East Boston, for Enoch Train, Boston.

 

If great length, sharpness of ends, with proportionate breadth and depth, conduce to speed, the Flying Cloud must be uncommonly swift, for in all these she is great. Her length on the keel is 208 feet, on deck 225, and over all, from the knight heads to the taffrail, 235 - extreme breadth of beam 41 feet, depth of hold 21½, including 7 feet 8 inches height of between-decks, dead-rise at half floor 20 inches, rounding of sides 6 inches, and sheer about 3 feet. Duncan McLean in The Boston Daily Atlas, April 25, 1851.

1851 April 15 Launched at the shipyard of Donald McKay, East Boston, for Enoch Train, Boston.
1851 April Purchased by Grinell, Minturn & Co, New York, for $ 90.000.
1851 April 15 Launched at East Boston.
1851 June 2 - August 31 Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 89 days 21 hours under command of Captain Josiah Perkins Cressey. On July 31 she made 374 miles in 24 hours.
1852 January 6 - April 9 Sailed from Whampoa to New York in 94 days.
1852 December 1 - March 8 Sailed from Whampoa to New York in 96 days.
1853 April 28 - August 12 Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 105 days. Passed the Equator on May 15 in the record time of 17 days from Sandy Hook. The abstract log of this run was published by the Boston Daily Atlas
1854 January 21 - April 20 Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 89 days 8 hours. This is the record for the passage.
1854 July 20 - November 24 Sailed from Whampoa to New York in 115 days.
1855 September 5 - December 14 Sailed from Whampoa to New York in 99 days.
1856 March 13 - September 14 Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 185 days under command of Captain Reynard. She is reported to have sailed 402 miles in 24 hours during that trip.
1856 May 10 - June 23 Partially dismasted en route San Francisco and put into Rio de Janeiro for repairs where her spars were cut down before she proceeded.
1856 September 14 - 1857 January 4 Laid up in San Francisco.
1857 April - 1859 December 8 Laid up in New York. The spars were cut down once more in 1858.
1861 February 28 - May 24 Sailed from London (Deal) to Melbourne in 85 days.
1862 Bought by Mackay & Co, Liverpool, for their Queensland service, but instead mortaged to the Forwood family, Liverpool. Sailed for James Baines' "Black Ball Line".
1867 October 24 - 1868 February 7 Sailed from Gravesend to Brisbane in 106 days.
1868 June 5 - 1868 September 25 Sailed from Sydney to Gravesend in 112 days.
1870 June 4 - August 30 Sailed from London to Hervey's Bay in 87 days under command of Captain Owen.
1871 April 19 After James Baines & Co. had suspended payment, Arthur Forwood took possession of the ship and sold her to Harry Smith Edwards of South Shields.
1874 June 19 Went ashore on the Beacon Island bar, St Johns and was condemned and sold.
1875 June Was burned for her copper and metal fastenings

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