A 36 gun Continental Navy frigate in the American Revolutionary War. Launched November 8, 1778. In September of 1779 assigned to transport the French Minister and his family back to France. During passage she was completely demasted and almost lost, but managed to reach Martinique in December, where after repairs, she returned to convoy duty.
In 1781, Confederacy was forced to strike her flag to British ships HMS Roebuck and Orpheus, after which, she was taken into British service and renamed the HMS Confederate.
Type: Frigate
Displacement: 959 tons
Length: 153 ft.
Beam: 35 ft 6 in.
Compliment: 260 men
Armament: 28 - 12 pounders
8 - 6 pounders
Stern view
All upper decking is left open to allow view of details below.
Bow view showing figurehead carving.
Longboat and “pinnace”
Yards fully rigged.
Standing rigging completed.
Although, far from completion, I was invited to show the Confederacy at the North Carolina Maritime Model Society’s annual boat show.
There were over a hundred models (mostly kits) displayed by super nice modelers from all parts of the state.
Voted “Best in Show”
Not bad for my first ever competition event.
Channels added.
Ready for masts and rigging.
Bluto looking all BAD.
Hated to cover up the ship’s stove on the brick platform.
Two interior chambers, separated with paneled walls and doors.
Once covered, none of the interior will be seen.
“Modeling for God”
Insanity.
Gun rigging.
Captain’s quarters with tiled floor, hinged locker, and gallery windows.
All completely covered.
Transom carvings…. The primary reason I was drawn to build her.
No less than 80 hours involved in the ornate carvings seen here.
Almost as many hours involved in the quarter gallery carvings.
Beginning this log after hundreds of hours.
Note, her hull planks have been tree nailed with over a thousand tiny walnut pegs.
May be the most graceful hull of any ship I’m aware of.
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