by Bill Altice
Member since 09-Mar-1984
Build Type: Scratch
Country: United States
Era: 1815-1914
Length Range: 080-125 feet (24-38m)
Model Material: Wood
Model Type: Static
Propulsion Type: Impeller→ Sail
Scale: 1:96 (1/8″ = 1′)
Subject Type: Vessel→ Merchant→ Cargo→ Break-Bulk
About the Vessel
Newsboy was a brigantine designed by D. J. Lawler and built in 1854 by Brown’s shipyard at Owls Head, Maine. She worked the American – Mediterranean – West Indies “Triangle Trade”.
