Rattlesnake 30"

 

• 30" long x 10" Wide x 20" High (1:64 scale)
• Comes with numbered Certificate of Authenticity - only 50 models to be built)
• Amazing details: planked deck with nail holes,  barells, rudder chains and more
• Meticulously painted to the actual Rattlesnake
• Masterfully stitched, thick canvass sails that hold their shape and do not wrinkle
• Metal anchors and turned brass cannons
• Advanced rigging techniques with over 100 blocks/deadeyes
• Perfectly taught rigging of various colors and thickness to ensure authenticity
• Authentic lifeboats - not flat bottomed
  
• Requires hundreds of hours to build from scratch (not from a model kit) by our master artisans.
• Built with rare, high quality woods such as cherry, walnut, oak, birch and maple.
• The model rests perfectly on a large wood base (marble base pictured) between four arched metal dolphins.
• To build this ship, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings, copies of original plans and photos of the actual ship.
• Visit our Frequently Asked Questions or call with questions.

The Revolutionary War privateer RATTLESNAKE was designed in 1779-80 by John Peck, a Boston naval architect.

The original RATTLESNAKE was built in Plymouth Massachusetts, and in style resembled a miniature frigate, which had a separate quarter deck and forecastle. These features are rather unusual for a privateer. She carried up to 20 guns, (Probably six and nine pounders) and had a usual complement of 85 men.

Little is known of her career except that it was brief. Late in 1781, she was captured by the British frigate ASSURANCE (44 guns) and taken into the Royal Navy as the COMMORANT (14 guns). Sometime around 1784 she was renamed RATTLESNAKE and soon afterwards sold out of the British Navy.

The vessel was unusually fast, and her hull lines were recorded by the British Admiralty after her capture and have come down to us today.