Ship Model, <I>Chaleur</I>
date: label: Date made
content: 1962
notes: label: Description
content: In the mid-18th century, little sloops, brigs, and schooners were the small craft of choice for use in local coastal trade along the shores of North America. In the early 1760s, the British Royal Navy produced a list of six vessels it intended to purchase in the New England area for use in the North American Squadron. The Chaleur was one of these vessels, possibly purchased in Boston in May 1764. Its original name and home port are unknown.
label: Description
content: Originally, the <I>Chaleur</I> is believed to have been rigged as an armed sloop. In 1768, records indicate that it was re-rigged as a two-masted schooner, as shown by the model. The <I>Chaleur</I> was sent back to England, where the hull shape was documented at the Royal Navy’s Woolwich Dockyard, London. The schooner’s hull was found to be rotten, so the Navy recommended that it be sold. It dropped out of the record at that point, and at present nothing is known of its later history.
topic: label: Subject
content: Fishing
label: related event
content: Revolution and the New Nation
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: On the Water
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: National Museum of American History. On the Water exhibition website
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.320005
label: catalog number
content: 320005
label: accession number
content: 241594
objectType: label: Object Name
content: model, rigged schooner
label: Other Terms
content: Maritime
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: textile (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 16 in x 4 in; 29.21 cm x 40.64 cm x 10.16 cm