model wooden boat Charles W. Morgan Whaling ship with glass case & Table

Description

Features
Material: exotic tropical wood
Replica scrimshaw art
Perfect gift for home or office decorator, boat enthusiast or passionate collector
100% Hand built from scratch
Table
Dark wood bamboo features will make any room look good.
Sizes
Length
Height wide
Glass case
34.24
33.5
15
Ship
30
29
7
Table
42
32
16
This lot includes ship with scrimshaw, glass case and impressive table. Please look at the photos and notice display case base has a cracked corner that can be cosmetically repaired.
Charles W. Morgan is an American whaling ship built in 1841 whose active service period was during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Ships of this type were usually used to harvest the blubber of whales for whale oil, which was commonly used in lamps. The ship has served as a museum ship since the 1940s, and is now an exhibit at the Mystic Seaport museum in Mystic, Connecticut. She is the world's oldest surviving merchant vessel, and the only surviving wooden whaling ship from the 19th century American merchant fleet. [1] She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966.
In her 80 years of service from her home port of New Bedford, Massachusetts, she made 37 voyages ranging in length from nine months to five years. Charles W. Morgan, in total, brought home 54,483 barrels of sperm and whale oil and 152,934 pounds of whalebone. She sailed in the Indian and South Atlantic Oceans, surviving ice and snow storms. Her crew survived a cannibal attack in the South Pacific. Between 1888 and 1904 she was based in San Francisco.
Charles W. Morgan had more than 1,000 whale men of all races and nationalities in her lifetime. Her crew included not only Americans, but sailors from Cape Verde, New Zealand, the Seychelles, Guadeloupe, and Norfolk Island. The ship's crew averaged around 33 men per voyage. As with other whaleships in the 19th century, Charles W. Morgan was often home to the captain's family. Charles W. Morgan was owned and managed by the J. & W. R. Wing Company of New Bedford