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Flying Fish

 

Construction: Teak Wood – Cotton Sails and Rigging – Brass Cannons

Original Flying Fish ship History:

The Flying Fish was built and launched in Massachusetts, USA in 1860 as a 150-ton vessel with a deck length of just under seventy-nine feet long. She was one of the fastest ships afloat

She was armed with ten 9 pounders guns or 12 pounders carronades,

This famous two-masted schooner was designed by renowned shipbuilder, Jeremiah Burnham. Her design has dominated the schooner class. To this day, it remains a very popular model, which is frequently built.

Kipling wrote about the Flying Fish and she was later featured in the film “Captain Courageous” .

Flying Fish Description

Length

Width

Height

Weight 

Type

Nation

Year

   Price

75

60

13

 

Schooner  

USA

1860

   $390 

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