A fine static display model of the whaleship Charles W. Morgan

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A fine static display model of the whaleship Charles W. Morgan
the hull of the model built up from the solid and planked in mahogany and basswood. The decks are planked in mahogany and are fitted with numerous details which include: anchors, windlass, tryworks, five whaleboats rigged on davits and fitted out with gear, 2 spare boats lashed to the canopy amidships, hatches, pin and fife rails, cutting in station, barrels of line, skylight, ship's wheel name board and stern eagle. Fitted with bow sprit and three masts, cross spars and rigged with standing and running rigging. All of the wood work is finished bright. Displayed with in a brass bound glass case with mahogany base with inlaid details.
24¼ x 33 in. (61.6 x 83.8 cm.) cased

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During her eighty-year career the Charles W. Morgan made a record 37 voyages. Outlasting all of her type, she is now the treasured hallmark of Mystic Seaport. She was launched from the New Bedford shipyard of Jethro and Zacharia Hillman, and named after her principal owner, Charles Waln Morgan. Her first voyage was in September of 1841, under the command of Captain Thomas A. Norton. In 1863 she was sold to J. and W.R. Wings, who were to be her principal owners for the next fifty-three years. After a brilliant whaling career, she returned from her last voyage in May of 1921. At the age of 100 she was acquired by Mystic Seaport and is now completely restored and open to the public. In 1967 the Charles W. Morgan was declared a National Historic Landmark.