CHARLES MORGAN WHALER
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Scale:1:64 Length:31"Height: 25" Width:12" US $10,000.00
During her
80 years and 37 voyages, the Charles W. Morgan caught and processed more
whales than any other whaling ship in history. Built in 1841 at the Hillman
Brothers Shipyard on the Acushnet River in New Bedford, Massachusetts
, she was registered at 351 tons. The Morgan was originally built fully
ship-rigged, but shortly after the Civil War she was modified to become
a double topsail bark. Her whaling days came to end in 1921 with the decline
of whale oil prices. Purchased for Mystic Seaport in 1941, she's now a
beautifully restored monument to the men who built and sailed her.
The accompanying whale's tooth is scrimshawed.
Constructed with exotic woods.
*Price quoted with case.
