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TNS AUSTIN tall ship model
 

The Texas Navy Ship TNS Austin was a sloop-of-war and flagship of the Texas Navy's first known as the Texas.  The ship, constructed in Baltimore by the firm of Shott and Whitney, was commissioned into the navy on January 5, 1840. 

Background of TNS Austin:
Formed in January 1836, the Texas Navy was officially comprised of four schooners: Invincible, Brutus, Independence, and Liberty. These ships helped Texas win independence by preventing a Mexican blockade of the Texas coast, seizing Mexican ships carrying reinforcements and supplies to its army, and sending their cargoes to the Texas volunteer army. Nevertheless, Mexico refused to recognize Texas as an independent country. By the middle of 1837, all four ships were gone. With no ships to impede a possible invasion by Mexico, Texas was vulnerable to attack.

In 1838, President Mirabeau B. Lamar responded to this threat by forming a second Texas Navy. Lamar was an ardent supporter of the Texas Navy and saw the urgent need for its continuation. The second Texas Navy was placed under the command of Commodore Edwin Ward Moore, an Alexandria Academy graduate recruited from the United States Navy. One of the ships of this second navy was the TNS Austin, which served as the flagship of the navy.

TNS Austin was the flagship of the Second Texas Navy from 1840 to 1846. Commanded by Commodore Edwin Ward Moore, she led a flotilla in the capture of Villahermosa in 1840. In 1843, Austin participated in the Naval Battle of Campeche.

TNS Austin was transferred to the United States Navy when Texas joined the United States in 1845, becoming USS Austin, the first ship of that name.

The TNS Austin was 125 feet in length and 31 feet across the beam, with a displacement of 600 tons and a draft of 12½ feet.  She carried a crew of twenty-three officers and warrant officers and 151 sailors and marines and was armed with sixteen medium twenty-four-pound cannons, two eighteen-pound medium cannons, and two eighteen-pound long cannons.

We build this model of the TNS Austin in two sizes:

40" long x 26" tall  $5,590 Shipping and insurance in the contiguous US included. Other places: $600 flat rate. Model comes with a small base (large base is $200 extra.)  

27" long x 18" tall  $3,950 Shipping and insurance in the contiguous US included. Other places: $400 flat rate. Model comes with a small base.

Model is built per commission only. We require only a small deposit (not full amount, not even half) to start the process. Click on this link for lead time.

Add light feature to delight your guests in a dimly lit room: $300. Powered by a standard 9v battery under the base, with on/off switch. This option is only available on the larger model.      

Don't be fooled by some model makers out there who freely claim their models "museum grade" or even "true museum quality. Their ships are wrong on many counts. The hull is horrible. Some parts are oversized yet others undersized. Plenty are wrong; many are missing.  Go here to learn more: what to look in a tall ship model.
 

Learn more about the TNS Austin here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texan_sloop-of-war_Austin