By: William H. Eisele - A fine 18th century British 10-gun naval brig originally built at Deptford Dockyard, 1752. Constructed on the plank-on built-up frame...
By: William H. Eisele With the ineffectiveness of the U.S. Navy’s gunboat class, Congress authorized the construction of two new 16-18 gun ships. The first...
By: William H. Eisele This 8-gun American-built schooner of 1767 was built to a "Marblehead" design, similar to the so-called "heeltapper." Solid cherry hull planked-over...
By: William H. Eisele - Beautiful ivory model depicts this well designed British 12-gun ketch, built at Chatham Dockyard and launched on October 21, 1752...
By: William H. Eisele Represents the 14-gun brig described as a Bermuda-built vessel, meaning either made in Bermuda or to Bermuda-sloop lines, about 1776, and...