During her 80 years and 37 voyages, the Charles W. Built in 1841 at the Hillman Brothers Shipyard on the Accent River in New Bedford, MA, she was registered at 351 tons. Her whaling days came to end in 1921 with the decline of whale oil prices.
Purchased for Mystic Seaport in 1941 ...During her 80 years and 37 voyages, the Charles W. Built in 1841 at the Hillman Brothers Shipyard on the Accent River in New Bedford, MA, she was registered at 351 tons. Her whaling days came to end in 1921 with the decline of whale oil prices.
Purchased for Mystic Seaport in 1941, she's now a beautifully restored monument to the men who built and sailed her. Morgan as a double topsail bark of 1892-1908. Lankford's precise drawings (a set of six) are based on plans for the 1983 restoration, provided by Mystic Seaport.
A 40 page step-by-step instruction book includes many of the author's own photographs of the reconstructed vessel. Plank-on-bulkhead construction of the Charles W. Morgan by Model Shipways uses laser cut basswood for the hull components.
Wooden yards and mast, 140 deadeyes in three sizes, nearly 200 single and double blocks, four diameters of black standing rigging and two of tan running rigging duplicate the rig plan of the original whaler. An assortment of fine metal fitting includes brass ship's bell, Belaying Pins, eyebolts, spilt rings, strips, wire and chain, anchors, bilge pump, chocks, cleats, fire door, chimney, and galley stack. Seven whaleboats are to be assembled from laser cut wooden parts.
(Display base and pedestals not included.) Model Expo Kit No. MS2140 Length 30-3/4" / Height 25" / Scale 3/16" = 1 ft (1:64) Previous modeling experience helpful.