Artesania 22420. HMS Supply - First Fleet Brigantine Ship. Scale 1:50
HMS Supply - First Fleet Brigantine Ship. Scale 1:50
ART-22420 - Artesania Latina
This new Artesania wooden ship model celebrates the 2024 redesigned HMS Supply British Brigantine sailboat from the 18th Century. The model is supplied in 1:50 Scale.
The HMS Supply was a legendary armed ship as it was one of the First Fleet to Australia when the British Colony was founded. It was also the fastest ship in the fleet.
The model kit includes high quality parts, including 6 wooden plates cut by precision laser, 2 photo-etch brass plates, set of birch wood parts -veneers, strips and round rods, oak wood veneer, a fantastic set of 11 cotton sails sewn and ready to be placed, cotton threads for rigging in different colours and thicknesses and flags.
The HMS Supply box comes with thread and brass rods, nails, eyebolts, rings, chain, aluminium parts, die cast parts -anchors, oars, belaying pins, cannons, water pumps, wooden parts -blocks, frames and deadeyes-, turned parts and acetate.
Assembly instructions are available from the Artesania You Tube channel and are easy to follow and form a complete step-by-step guide. The videos are a Masterclass by professional modellers. There are also colour plan and parts lists printed.
In addition the HMS Supply box also includes an Exhibition Base with a nominative metal plate, 7 die-cast figurines and copper lining for the hull.
Once built, this faithful miniature replica measures 23.11'' (587 mm) length, 11.10'' (282 mm) width and 26.65'' (677 mm) height.
HMS Supply History
The HMS Supply was the oldest, smallest and fastest ship in the First Fleet flotilla.. Built in 1759 as a 175-ton armed vessel, it became the colony's only link to the outside world after the loss of HMS Sirius in 1790. HMS Supply, precisely, was intended to be a support ship for HMS Sirius.
HMS Supply was a brigantine or brig, a ship that has two masts and square sails.It was also a sloop, that is, a small ship with a single gun deck. It had eight small three-pounder guns and carried 50 men. Its dimensions were 70 feet in length and 26 feet in width.
From 1759 to 1786, HMS Supply was used to transport naval supplies between Thames and English Channel ports. During this period, it was docked at Deptford Dockyard, where it needed minor repairs as necessary to maintain its seaworthiness.
On May 13th 1787, the 'First Fleet' left Plymouth, England, heading towards the antipodes. Under the command of Commodore Arthur Philip, the convoy of 11 ships carried 1,500 sailors and officers with their families, as well as 732 convicts. They were heading to the great land of the south to establish the penal colony of New South Wales which had previously explored by Captain James Cook, which would later become the first state of the Australian Commonwealth.
On January 19th 1788, eight months and a week later, the fleet arrived at Botany Bay, with HMS Supply being the first to dock. On January 26th 1788, the complete fleet arrived at Port Jackson, the future port of Sydney and Philip disembarked as the first Governor of the new nation.
This kit does NOT include glue, paint or tools, and all will be necessary to complete this wooden model kit.