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Amerigo Vespucci model

amerigo vespucci ship
 

History of the Amerigo Vespucci:

In the late 1920s, the Italian navy began construction of Amerigo Vespucci tall ship for training their officer cadets at sea. The name Amerigo Vespucci came from the famous Italian sailor and cartographer who also lent his name to the new world. The design chosen was that of a seventy-four-gun frigate, though they carried double topgallants, auxiliary power, and other modern devices.

Amerigo Vespucci is an unusual ship. The stern gallery can only be reached from the captain's saloon. The decor and luxurious fittings in the reception rooms almost make you forget that you are on a sailing ship used for naval training. A life-size figurehead of Amerigo Vespucci adorns the bow.

Harold Underhill records a letter from a Norwegian submarine commander about an encounter with the two ships in the 1930s:

"I dived on a northerly course about mid waters of the Skagerrak and went deep for about an hour in order to keep the lunch on the tables. On breaking surface again with the periscope, I took a quick look all round and got a shock. I had gone down in the 20th century and come up again in the 18th, for there, some miles away, were two majestic men-of-war, under a press of canvas and sailing proudly in line-astern."


amerigo vespucci model


We have built two sizes of this model of the Amerigo Vespucci: 

49" long x 31" tall x 15" wide $9,925 Shipping and insurance in the contiguous US included. Other places: $600 flat rate.

39" long x 22" tall x 12" wide $7,790 Shipping and insurance in the contiguous US included. Other places: $500 flat rate.
 

Learn more about the Amerigo Vespucci ship: https://sailtraininginternational.org/vessel/amerigo-vespucci/

amerigo vespucci ship model