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HMS ST. LAWRENCE model
HMS St Lawrence was a 102-gun first-rate wooden warship
of the Royal Navy that served on Lake Ontario during the
War of 1812.
St
Lawrence was launched on 10 September 1814. Her arrival
on the lake ended all naval action. Her presence simply
deterred the U.S. fleet from setting sail. Built on the
lake at the Royal Navy dockyard in Kingston, Ontario,
she was the only Royal Navy ship of the line ever to be
launched and operated entirely in fresh water.
As
built St Lawrence had a gundeck of 194 feet 2 inches,
and beam of 52 feet 7 inches– all larger than the
102-gun HMS Victory. Unlike sea-going ships of the
line, St Lawrence was constructed without a
quarterdeck, poop deck or forecastle. This gave the
vessel the appearance of a spar-deck frigate.
Furthermore, St Lawrence was not expected to make long
ocean voyages and did not have to carry the same amount
of stores and provisions. This allowed the designers to
make savings in the vessel's capacity. The shipwrights
constructed a vessel larger and more heavily gunned than
the flagship of Horatio Nelson at the Battle of
Trafalgar, HMS Victory.
HMS St
Lawrence carried thirty-two 32-pounder carronades and
two 68-pounder carronades on the upper deck, thirty-four
24-pounder long guns on the middle deck and twenty-eight
32-pounder long guns, four 24-pounder long guns and two
68-pounder carronades on the lower deck. The crew
numbered 700. In order to provide all of the gear
for a ship of this size, the 74-gun ships of the
line HMS Ajax, HMS Centaur and HMS Warspite were
stripped at Montreal and the material brought to
Kingston.
The ship was ordered to remedy the imbalance between the
Royal Navy and United States naval forces under the
command of Isaac Chauncey on landlocked Lake Ontario. At
the time, Lake Ontario was effectively landlocked for
any but the smallest vessels, due to shallow water and
rapids on the St. Lawrence River downstream and Niagara
Falls upstream.
Control of the lake, which was the most important supply
route for the British for military operations to the
west, had passed back and forth between the Americans
and the British over the course of the war. The
construction of a first rate ship of the line, in a
campaign that had been dominated by sloops and frigates,
gave the British uncontested control of the lake during
the final months of the war.
After the war ended in 1815, HMS St Lawrence
was decommissioned. Later, she was scuttled to prevent
its timbers from further decay. Today, only her keel and
ribs frame remain. The wrecksite was designated
a National Historic Site of Canada in 2015. It is now a
recreational dive spot.
We build this primarily
wood model of the HMS St Lawrence the following sizes:
27" long
$3,790
Shipping
and insurance in the contiguous US included. Other
places: $350 flat rate.
36" long
$5,990
Shipping
and insurance in the contiguous US included. Other
places: $500 flat rate.
Built per commission only. We require only
a small deposit to start the process. The
remaining balance won't be due until the model is
completed.
Please click here for lead time.
Illuminate the model in a
special occasion, dimly lit room:
$300. Powered by a
standard 9v battery placed under the base for your
convenience.
Available on the larger size
only.
ModelShipMaster.com
produces the finest
and most accurate tall ship model in the world. We do not attach a name
to a ship's stern and say it is that ship. We
never cut the bowsprit and masts short in order to save shipping
cost. We refuse to paint copper color onto a wooden hull
to make a false appearance of a copper plated bottom.
Our guns under the main deck are 'real' and our boats
are real wood, not plastic casting. Click here to learn
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Learn more about the HMS ST. LAWRENCE here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_St_Lawrence_(1814)
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