by Bob Comet
Member 12-Aug-1994 to 12-Dec-2010
Build Type: Kit→ Model Shipways
Country: United States
Era: 1700-1815
Length Range: 040-80 feet (12-24m)
Model Material: Wood
Model Type: Static
Propulsion Type: Impeller→ Sail
Scale: 1:48 (1/4″ = 1′)
Subject Type: Vessel→ Naval and Privateer→ Wooden Navy→ Sloop-of-War
About the Vessel
Fair American was a American privateer in the War for Independence. She was captured by the British and crewed by American loyalists during that same conflict.
Model Images
Links
- Model of Fair American by HRSMS member George Livingston
- Referenced in a Wikipedia article on privateers
- Referenced in Wikipedia article on the Battle of Delaware Bay
- Model Shipways Kit (we know this model was made from a kit, and we presume it is Model Shipways)