Item  #  A2502

Brig Niagara 36"

• 36" long x 11" Wide x 26" High (1:64 scale).  20 Lbs.
• Amazing deck details: planked deck with nail holes, tied-down cannons, barrels, buckets, mast coats, cannon ball racks and more.
• Meticulously painted to the actual Niagara.
• Masterfully stitched, thick canvas sails that hold their shape and do not wrinkle.
• Metal anchors and turned brass cannons.
• Advanced rigging techniques with over 100 blocks/deadeyes.
• Perfectly taught rigging of various colors and thickness to ensure authenticity.
• Authentic lifeboats - not flat bottomed.
• Requires hundreds of hours to build from scratch (not from a model kit) by our master artisans.
• Built with rare, high quality woods such as cherry, teak, white pine, birch and maple.
• The model rests perfectly on a large wood base between four arched metal dolphins (marble base pictured).
• 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.

The first US Brig Niagara was a brig in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.

Niagara was built at Presque Isle, Pennsylvania, along with her sister ship, the Lawrence by Adam and Noah Brown under the supervision of Sailing Master Daniel Dobbins and Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry, and was launched early in the summer of 1813.

Niagara and the other ships of Perry's squadron were held at Erie both by British blockade and lack of crews, until August 1, when the British squadron retired. The draft of the Niagara and the Lawrence was deeper than the depth of water over the bar at the mouth of the harbor. This necessitated striping all armament and stores of the ships and the ingenious use of camels (essentially large, strap-on ballast tanks) in order to get over the bar. Niagara reached deep water on August 5, and four days later her commanding officer, Captain Jesse D. Elliott, arrived with some 100 officers and men to take command. The squadron sailed in search of the British on August 12, located it in the mouth of the Detroit River, and waited for its sortie.