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ESSEX WHALESHIP model
Essex was
an American whaleship launched in 1799 in Nantucket,
Massachusetts. On November 20, 1820, while at sea in the
southern Pacific Ocean, the ship was attacked by a sperm
whale. the 20-man crew was forced to make for land
in three whaleboats with what food and water they could
salvage from the wreck.
After a
month at sea the crew landed on the uninhabited
Henderson Island. Three men chose to stay on the island.
The remaining seventeen set off again for the coast of
South America. The men suffered severe dehydration,
starvation and exposure on the open ocean, and the
survivors eventually resorted to cannibalism. By the
time they were rescued in February 1821, three months
after the sinking of Essex, only five of the seventeen
were alive.
First mate
Owen Chase and cabin boy Thomas Nickerson later wrote
accounts of the ordeal. The tragedy attracted
international attention, and inspired Herman Melville to
write his 1851 novel, Moby-Dick.
This primarily wood Essex whaleship model
reflects the ship in the movie In The Heart of the
Sea.
24"
long $2,990 Shipping and insurance in
the
contiguous US included.
Other place: $350 flat rate.
30" long $3,750 Shipping and insurance in
the
contiguous US included.
Other place: $350 flat rate.
If you like the Essex
whaling ship kit made by OCCRE, we can build that kit
for you. Note that this model has three masts and it is
not as slim as the one in the movie. For an extra fee,
we can upgrade many things from the kit such as real
windows on the stern, ESSEX name on the stern, tools on
boats, shorter bowsprit, realistic colors of a typical
whaler, ect.
If you
are new to tall ship models,
click on this
link
to
learn more.
Learn more about the Essex
whaler here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_(whaleship)
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