- 30" long
x 12" Wide x 24" High (1:31
scale)
- Requires
hundreds of hours to build
from scratch (not from a
model kit) by our master
artisans.
- Includes
a numbered Certificate of
Authenticity signed by HMS
Founder and Master Builder
Richard Norris, as only 25
will ever be made.
- Plank on
frame construction (a
painstaking process where
each individual plank is
added to the hull one at a
time).
- Built
with rare, high quality
woods such as cherry, yellow
siris, birch and maple.
- The model
rests perfectly on a large
wood base between four
arched metal dolphins.
-
Masterfully stitched canvas
sails.
- No
plastic fittings (metal
anchors and machine turned
brass cannons).
-
Significant deck detail
including lanterns, tied
down cannons, barrels, oars
on lifeboat, cannon ball
racks, and many more
accurate deck details!
- 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.
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Visit our Frequently Asked Questions or call with questions.
History
The Golden
Hind (or Golden Hinde) was an
English galleon best known for
its global circumnavigation
between 1577 and 1580, captained
by Sir Francis Drake. She was
originally known as the Pelican,
and was renamed by Drake in
mid-voyage in 1577, as he
prepared to enter the Straits of
Magellan, calling it the Golden
Hind to compliment his patron,
Sir Christopher Hatton, whose
armorial crest was a golden hind
(the heraldic term for a doe).
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