Modeler: Proudley, John

American privateer in the War of 1812

Using a spar torpedo mounted on Picket Boat No.1, Lt. William Cushing and his crew succeeded in sinking CSS Albemarle at Plymouth, North Carolina, on the night of 27 October 1864.

This American brig was commanded by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, whose fleet defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie, 1813.

A typical Maine lobster boat.

USS Gearing was the lead ship of a United States Navy destroyer class. She was named for three generations of the Gearing family, Commander Henry Chalfant Gearing, Sr., Captain Henry Chalfant Gearing, Jr. and Lieutenant Henry Chalfant Gearing, III.

Famed American frigate that became known as “Old Ironsides” during the War of 1812.

Schooner built in 1903. In 1905, became trans-Atlantic record holder and held the title for 92 years.

HMS Victory is best known for her role as Lord Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar

This is the yacht that won the race which came to be known as the “America’s Cup”

Kearsarge is best known for her defeat of the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama during the American Civil War.