Ship of the Sea Museum ~ Savannah Georgia USA, September 9 2024

Ships of the Sea Museum ~ Savannah Georgia USA, September 9 2024 ~part 3:​

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Shannon was a Leda class frigate, two of which still survive to this day; Trincomoleee and Unicorn, though they were built just after the Napoleonic Wars and have different style sterns than Shannon did.
Also not mentioned was the fact that Shannon was part of the squadron that chased Constitution, captured the US Brig Nautilus, and while on the blockade of Boston, Captain Brooke of the Shannon was challenged by Captain Lawrence of the American frigate Chesapeake. Shannon captured Chesapeake in a battle that lasted 15 minutes. The successes of Shannon most likely prompted the RN to move forward with more Leda class frigates over the Lively class, which was probably the better design, but whose reputation suffered because of the capture of the Macedonian by the Americans (despite several victories over the French and Spanish).
This model is claimed to be a display model built for the RN in 1803 (before Shannon was launched), with no explanation as to why it's presumed to be Shannon by the museum.


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AllanKP69 said:
Thanks for posting the photos. Did the display indicate the name of the model builder/year?
Thanks
Allan
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Got this off the Web:

Mark C. Wilkins (1964 – )​

Mr. Wilkins’ formal education as a painter, training as a professional woodworker, small boat builder, and professional exhibits design technician with the Smithsonian Institution, have combined to offer a distinctively individual approach to the traditional art of maritime model making. Over his ship modeling career Mr. Wilkins has built a range of vessels, utilizing various scales, but specializes now in the area of 18th, 19th and early 20th century New England small craft, classic yachts, or clipper ships. Wilkins recently completed two models of the clipper Snow Squall for the Maine Maritime Museum. Although most of his models belong to private collections, several have been exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (Koch Collection), Mystic Seaport Museum, Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum, and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.

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The Calvert Marine Museum recently announced the addition of Mark Wilkins, new curator of Maritime History. Wilkins is an historian, published author of maritime and aviation history, lecturer, boat builder, and ship model maker, whose models are featured in maritime museums up and down the East Coast.
“We are very pleased to find someone who combines practical hands-on experience with a strong academic background,” Calvert Marine Museum Director Sherrod Sturrock said in a press release. “As a researcher, writer, lecturer, and boat builder, Mark really puts it all together.”
 
Magnificent! Thanks so much for sharing these images. I hope they emerged unscathed if they were anywhere in Helene's path.
 
This great little museum is often overlooked, the models on display are beautifully done. It has been five or six years since I’ve been there but well worth the trip. Savannah is a beautiful historic town.
 
MisterCA said:
Thanks for sharing. Love these nautical museums! Also...what an honor to have one of your projects be included in A MUSEUM!
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The only project I have "in a museum" is a slapped together Lindbergh destroyer in the "Evans Room" onboard the battleship Alabama in Mobile AL. The Savannah model is my enjoying someone else's take on a contemporary of the project I am working on. I don't have a model in that museum.

It's been there since 1982 and appears to have been damaged, the forward stack was put back on backwards. The next pic is a screen cap from a YouTube video.
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polydoc said:
Got this off the Web:

Mark C. Wilkins (1964 – )​

Mr. Wilkins’ formal education as a painter, training as a professional woodworker, small boat builder, and professional exhibits design technician with the Smithsonian Institution, have combined to offer a distinctively individual approach to the traditional art of maritime model making. Over his ship modeling career Mr. Wilkins has built a range of vessels, utilizing various scales, but specializes now in the area of 18th, 19th and early 20th century New England small craft, classic yachts, or clipper ships. Wilkins recently completed two models of the clipper Snow Squall for the Maine Maritime Museum. Although most of his models belong to private collections, several have been exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (Koch Collection), Mystic Seaport Museum, Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum, and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.

Also:
The Calvert Marine Museum recently announced the addition of Mark Wilkins, new curator of Maritime History. Wilkins is an historian, published author of maritime and aviation history, lecturer, boat builder, and ship model maker, whose models are featured in maritime museums up and down the East Coast.
“We are very pleased to find someone who combines practical hands-on experience with a strong academic background,” Calvert Marine Museum Director Sherrod Sturrock said in a press release. “As a researcher, writer, lecturer, and boat builder, Mark really puts it all together.”
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Wow, he's almost in my backyard. I wanted to take my Pride of Baltimore down to Calvert Marine when she's sail-able.
thanks, I sent him an email
 
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