James Caird Handmade Wooden Model Boat

The model is 100% scratch built with planks-on-frame construction method. The hull is made of wood and painted. It takes around 10 minutes to assembled the model. Model included the base with the brass nameplate as show photos. Dimensions approximate 27.16L x 7.87W x 26.77H (inch) or 69L x 20W x 68H (cm).

The voyage of the James Caird was an open boat journey from Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands to South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean, a distance of 800 nautical miles (1,500 km; 920 mi). History has come to consider the James Caird's voyage as one of the greatest small-boat journeys ever accomplished. In October 1915 the Endurance had been crushed and sunk by pack ice in the Weddell Sea, leaving Shackleton and the crew stranded on an unreliable ice surface thousands of miles from safety. During the following months the party drifted northward until April 1916, when the floe on which they were camped broke up. They then made their way in lifeboats to the remote and inaccessible Elephant Island, where Shackleton quickly decided that the most effective means of obtaining relief for his beleaguered party would be to sail one of the lifeboats to South Georgia.

Of the three lifeboats, the James Caird was deemed the strongest and most likely to survive the journey. It carried a six-man crew led by Shackleton, with the Endurance's captain, Frank Worsley, responsible for navigation. After surviving a series of dangers, including a near capsize, the boat reached South Georgia after a voyage lasting 16 days. The crew overcame a final peril in securing a safe landing on the exposed coast. Shackleton was subsequently able to organise the relief of the Elephant Island party, and to return his men home without loss of life. After the end of the First World War the James Caird was brought back from South Georgia to England, and is now on permanent display at Shackleton's old school, Dulwich College.

The item "James Caird Handmade Wooden Model Boat" is in sale since Thursday, December 13, 2018. This item is in the category "Antiques\Maritime\Model Ships". The seller is "premiumhandicraftimports" and is located in Sugar Land, Texas. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Sri lanka, Macao, Viet nam, Uruguay, Russian federation.

Primary Material: Wood & Fabric
Maker: Wooden Model Boat