Ship Model, Schooner HMS <I>Berbice</I>
date: label: Date made
content: 1960
notes: label: Description
content: This model represents a large American schooner of the late 18th century. At the time, farmers and fishermen in the continental colonies fed the residents of the Caribbean islands in exchange for molasses, sugar, and rum. The schooner was a very popular design in North America, as it was versatile, roomy, durable, inexpensive to build, and its peculiar rig was easy for a small crew to handle. This example portrays a typical schooner measuring 72 ft. 9 in. long by 20 ft. 8 in. in beam.
label: Description
content: This ship was built in the Northeast sometime before 1780. That year, it was captured in the West Indies and bought by the Royal Navy for use as an armed tender operating out of Antigua, British West Indies. Renamed the HMS <I>Berbice</I> after capture, the schooner had a reputation as a fast sailer. It was condemned and sold by the Royal Navy on 12 September 1789.
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.318280
label: catalog number
content: 318280
label: accession number
content: 233851
objectType: label: Object Name
content: schooner
label: Object Name
content: model, rigged schooner
label: Other Terms
content: schooner; Maritime
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: textile (overall material)
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content: metals (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 29 in x 9 in; 55.88 cm x 73.66 cm x 22.86 cm