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COLUMBUS’ SHIPS
The Santa María was built in Pontevedra, Galicia, in Spain's north-west region. The Santa María was probably a medium-sized nau (carrack), about 58 ft (17.7 m) long on deck, and according to Juan Escalante de Mendoza in 1575, the Santa Maria was “very little larger than 100 toneladas” (about 100 tons, or tuns) burthen, or burden, and was used as the flagship for the expedition. The Santa María had a single deck and three masts.
The other ships of the Columbus expedition were the biggercaravel-type ships Santa Clara, remembered as La Niña (“The Girl”), and La Pinta (“The Painted”). All these ships were second-hand (if not third- or more) and were not intended for exploration. The Niña, Pinta, and the Santa María were modest-sized merchant vessels comparable in size to a modern cruising yacht. The exact measurements of length and width of the three ships have not survived, but good estimates of their burden capacity can be judged from contemporary anecdotes written down by one or more of Columbus' crew members, and contemporary Spanish and Portuguese shipwrecks from the late 15th and early 16th centuries which are comparable in size to that of the Santa Maria. These include the ballast piles and keel lengths of the Molasses Reef Wreck and Highborn Cay Wreck in the Bahamas. Both were caravel vessels 19 m (62 ft) in length overall, 12.6 m (41 ft) keel length and 5 to 5.7 m (16 to 19 ft) in width, and rated between 100 and 150 tons burden. The Santa María, being Columbus' largest ship, was only about this size, and the Niña and Pinta were smaller, at only 50 to 75 tons burden and perhaps 15 to 18 meters (50 to 60 feet) on deck (updated dimensional estimates are discussed below in the section entitled Replicas).
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FRANCE II
Many sizes from small to large model (Length size from 65cm up to 190cm – 300cm)
Dimension: L190 x W35 x H160 (cm)
Dimension: L149 x W31 x H110 (cm)
Dimension: L120 x W29 x H98 (cm)
Dimension: L65 x W24 x H68 (cm)
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
• Delivery: EXW, FOB Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• Payment: T/T 30-50% (deposit upon order confirmation, balance before Bill of Lading)
• Standard lead time: 10-60 days from deposit date
• Min order: 5,000 USD (Any order below that, a small surcharge of 250 USD will be applied)
CERTIFICATES
• SMETA AUDIT (Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit Report) by US standard 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022
• Drop Test certificate by UST inspection 2020
• Certificates for the safety of color paint on wood and salt spray on the stainless steel details by Bureau Veritas
• Certificates of Origin, Fumigation, and Phytosanitary for every shipment
All products are made by hand with heart and soul, high-end quality, and details. Besides, we have the Drop Test certificate, SMETA AUDIT by US standard, Certificate for the safety of color paint, and salt spray on the product by Bureau Veritas, Certificates of Origin, Fumigation, Phytosanitary for every shipment. Besides, we have been exporting to the US, Germany, France, Sweden, and European countries.
PACKING
1. For Old ships and Yacht ships: Wood frame and 5-layer carton.
2. For Speed boats and Cruise ships: EPS foam and 5-layer carton.
3. For small items such as Motorcycle, Car, Airplane, etc: PE foam and 5-layer carton.
NIPPON MARU
In the late 1920s, the Japanese Ministry of Transport ordered the four-masted barks Nippon Maru and Kaiwo Maru for the Kokai-Kunrensho (Institute for Nautical Training), which already operated the four-masted bark Taisei Maru and the four-masted barkentine Shintoku Maru. Their work for the merchant marine is reflected in their names. Maru, which signifies wholeness or unity, is an almost universal suffix for Japanese merchant-ship names. Nippon means Japan, and Kaiwo is the mythological king of the seas, equivalent to Neptune or Poseidon. Commissioned in 1930 and 1931, respectively, the barks were described by Harold Underhill as “imposing rather than beautiful.” Their very high freeboards reflected a desire to maximize the amount of natural light admitted to the crew spaces below decks, while their comparatively shorter yards and smaller sails were designed to accommodate the relatively small stature of the average Japanese before World War II.
Before World War II, the ships' training voyages carried them throughout the Pacific, and Nippon Maru made four voyages to the United States, five to Hawaii and seven elsewhere in the Pacific. During World War II her yards were sent down and she was used as a motor-training vessel in the Home Islands. Repatriating Japanese soldiers and civilians after the war, she was rerigged in 1952 and resumed training, making her first cruise to the United States in 1954, and her first to the East Coast in 1960. Both Nippon Maru and Kaiwo Maru remained active training ships until the 1980s, when they were replaced by new ships with the same names.
ROYAL LOUIS
The first large three-decker, the Royal Louis was completed in Toulon in 1668, and was registered at 200 tons. The Royal Louis was a 3-deck vessel with 120 guns. Her captain was a Squadron Admiral. She was one of the most powerful firsrank vessels belonging to the French Royal Navy at that time. Our ship model represents the Royal Louis according to the plans of 1779, when she was Admiral-Ship of the Blue and White Squadron, being part of the American Squadron, also called Eark d’Estaing’s.
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