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[Positive]

Is it a boat? Is it a galleon? Is it a yacht?

No, its a German steel-hulled, five, masted full-rigged ship!
It took me two months to build this one!

[John W E]

Hello there Robert, nice to see you back!! thought you'd sailed out of the country marra.

Another fine model

aye
John E
Bluebird

[riggers24]

Positive,

Yet again you have produced a marvellous model. Good to see you posting again.

Marc

[DickyD]

Up to your usual exceedingly high standard Positive.

Keep them coming.

Richard

[Colin Bishop]

I count 46 sails on her! And I bet she needed every one of them! A very nice piece of work as usual Positive.

[Positive]

Hi Everyone,
Thanks for comments.     You missed one Colin - 47 sails.    PREUSSEN never sailed very fast, I can only find one or two day's runs that exceeded 300 miles.   Voyage average was about 6 knots, pretty slow.    But with 8,000 tons of cargo aboard & no engine, that was quite good in those days.      She used to trundle round Cape Horn at the same consistent speed with none of the tacking & zig-zagging for weeks or months on end that seemed to be the lot of many smaller ships.
Bob

[Shipmate60]

Hi Bob
Glad to see you and your models back.

Bob

[Martin (Admin)]

Wonderful pen as usual Bob and the boat / yacht thing in the background is quite nice too! 


More of Bob's work can be seen at - http://www.miniatureships.blogspot.com/

[Wetwater]

Another brilliant model Bob, and as usual, a realistic sea by your wife. Keep them coming.

[Positive]

Here is another view, took it this morning outside:

[Colin Bishop]

Ah, that's were I went wrong - she's sporting 4 jibs not three.

[Ghost in the shell]

Is it a boat? Is it a galleon? Is it a yacht?

dunno but by heck its beautuful

[tigertiger]

I am not sure of the exactt facts here.
The 'Lady Elizabeth' is a steel hulled Barque. Her hulk lies in Whalebone Cove, near Port Stanley, in the Falklands.

She was I believe a five masted Norwegian vessel, but she was reduced to a 3 master at a later date. Possbily when engines were added.

I remember thinking at the time I was told this, 'what a shame'.
But ships are working vessels and were not imune to change. Especially when seen as being less competitve than newer vessels.

I only post, as it is worth considering what happened to many of these great ships, and why.

[Positive]

Hi Tiger Tiger,
The LADY ELIZABETH was actually built as a three-masted barque & was owned in Castetown Isle of Man.     After her sale to the Norwegians, she retained the name LADY ELIZABETH and was never fitted with an engine.     She put into Port Stalnley in 1913 after suffering heavy weather damage and struck a rock on the way in sustaining further damage.     She was then condemned & used as a storage hulk until she blew ashore in a gale in Whalebone Cove in 1934 where she has remained ever since.    I have been aboard a number of times in 1982 and she was still an imposing sight even in reduced circumstance.
Bob