Today I would like to show and describe you the content of a very interesting kit
Schooner for Port Jackson (1802)
in scale 1:36
by Miniature Arts
HISTORY and Plans for an Australian schooner of 1802 /1803
In 1785 the First Fleet arrived in the new British colony of Port Jackson (now Sydney Harbour) in New South Wales and Arthur Phillip was appointed as the first Governor.
In 1790 the governor of Australia asked the Admiralty in London for two vessels of 30 to 40 tons, which should be shipped there in frames, accompanied by some skilled shipwrights to build the ships. His request was partly fulfilled by sending materials of a schooner of 41 tons, that was put together in Sydney and served the colony from 1793 to 1805. In 1802 the Admiralty ordered the Navy Board to produce drawings of two ships according to the governor's specifications and sent a copy of them to Port Jackson (today known as Sydney Harbour). The original drafts of the schooner are still in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.
Meanwhile, the NSW Government had already built various other ships before 1803. In 1797 His Majesty’s Dockyard was opened at Port Jackson for building larger vessels.
It can't be ascertained whether actually a ship had been built to the plans at that time, but in 1807 a schooner of similar size named Mercury was launched in 1807 for the Sydney merchant Thomas Reiby. He was an influential trader and former ship's officer and one can assume that he got the plans and some support from the governor.
The Royal Navy’s 1803 design of a ‘Schooner for Port Jackson’ has been recognised on the obverse of Australia’s twenty dollar banknote since 1994. A sketch of the schooner is beside the portrait of Mrs Mary Reibey, who arrived as a convict and rose to become a respected and successful owner of a cargo shipping business. Her fleet included the Mercury, a schooner similar to the 1803 design for the Port Jackson schooner.
Although the 1803 plans for a ‘Schooner for Port Jackson’ are commonly believed to be used for the first ship built in Australia, no records have been found of any ships being built according to these plans. However, it can be claimed that the plans were the ‘first Royal Navy plans made for a ship for use at Port Jackson, and to be built at Port Jackson, in Australia’.
More details on history and the drawings of the schooner are given in the book by Karl Heinz Marquardt, The Global Schooner, Origins, Development, Design and Construction 1695 - 1845, Conway Maritime Press, London 2003, ISBN 0851779301.
Remark:
So a frame "kit" in 1:1 is basis for our kit in 1:36
and here the contemporary drawings available at the NMM, which were the basis for Marquardts work
Signed by John Henslow [Surveyors of the Navy, 1784-1806] and William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy 1793-1813].
You can find these contemporary drawings here:
www.rmg.co.uk
"Homecoming" - by K.H. Marquardt
Schooner for Port Jackson (1802)
in scale 1:36
by Miniature Arts
HISTORY and Plans for an Australian schooner of 1802 /1803
In 1785 the First Fleet arrived in the new British colony of Port Jackson (now Sydney Harbour) in New South Wales and Arthur Phillip was appointed as the first Governor.
In 1790 the governor of Australia asked the Admiralty in London for two vessels of 30 to 40 tons, which should be shipped there in frames, accompanied by some skilled shipwrights to build the ships. His request was partly fulfilled by sending materials of a schooner of 41 tons, that was put together in Sydney and served the colony from 1793 to 1805. In 1802 the Admiralty ordered the Navy Board to produce drawings of two ships according to the governor's specifications and sent a copy of them to Port Jackson (today known as Sydney Harbour). The original drafts of the schooner are still in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.
Meanwhile, the NSW Government had already built various other ships before 1803. In 1797 His Majesty’s Dockyard was opened at Port Jackson for building larger vessels.
It can't be ascertained whether actually a ship had been built to the plans at that time, but in 1807 a schooner of similar size named Mercury was launched in 1807 for the Sydney merchant Thomas Reiby. He was an influential trader and former ship's officer and one can assume that he got the plans and some support from the governor.
The Royal Navy’s 1803 design of a ‘Schooner for Port Jackson’ has been recognised on the obverse of Australia’s twenty dollar banknote since 1994. A sketch of the schooner is beside the portrait of Mrs Mary Reibey, who arrived as a convict and rose to become a respected and successful owner of a cargo shipping business. Her fleet included the Mercury, a schooner similar to the 1803 design for the Port Jackson schooner.
Although the 1803 plans for a ‘Schooner for Port Jackson’ are commonly believed to be used for the first ship built in Australia, no records have been found of any ships being built according to these plans. However, it can be claimed that the plans were the ‘first Royal Navy plans made for a ship for use at Port Jackson, and to be built at Port Jackson, in Australia’.
More details on history and the drawings of the schooner are given in the book by Karl Heinz Marquardt, The Global Schooner, Origins, Development, Design and Construction 1695 - 1845, Conway Maritime Press, London 2003, ISBN 0851779301.
Remark:
So a frame "kit" in 1:1 is basis for our kit in 1:36
and here the contemporary drawings available at the NMM, which were the basis for Marquardts work
Unnamed 53ft Schooner (1803)
Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, modified sheer lines with some inboard detail, and modified longitudinal half-breadth proposed for an unnamed 53ft Schooner for the use in Port Jackson, Australia. This shows that the vessel was modified from a single-masted vessel to a Schooner. A copy with the modifications was sent to Chatham Dockyard on 3 January 1803 to be forwarded to Calcutta and then to Port Jackson.Signed by John Henslow [Surveyors of the Navy, 1784-1806] and William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy 1793-1813].
Unnamed 53ft Schooner (1803)
Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the framing disposition, and the deck plan for an unnamed 53ft Schooner to be built at Port Jackson, Australia.Unnamed 53ft Schooner (1803)
Scale: 1:6. A plan showing the middle and lower pintle and brace for an unnamed 53ft Schooner to be built at Port Jackson, Australia.You can find these contemporary drawings here:
Collection Results | Royal Museums Greenwich
"Homecoming" - by K.H. Marquardt
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