Model of the Ship <i>Rattlesnake</i>
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1960
label: associated date
content: 1780
name: label: maker
content: Brownell, Alfred S.
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Wooden model, fully rigged, 1/4-inch scale.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: The Revolutionary War privateer Rattlesnake was designed in 1779-80 by John Peck. It was built in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in the style of a miniature frigate and was armed with up to 20 guns and a complement of 85 men. While there is little history of this privateer, it is known that it was captured by the British in 1781. It was taken by the Royal Navy and sold soon after.
place: label: used
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Ships
label: Subject
content: Model
label: Subject
content: Naval History
label: related event
content: American Revolution
label: related event
content: Revolution and the New Nation
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
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content: Military
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.58950N
label: catalog number
content: 58950N
label: accession number
content: 241666
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ship Model
label: Other Terms
content: Ship Model; Ship; Navy; Privateer; 20 Guns; Sail
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 1/4 in x 55 1/2 in x 20 5/8 in; 97.155 cm x 140.97 cm x 52.3875 cm