Period Ship Sailed: 1893 ~ 1918

Type of Model: Scratch build

Build Time: 10 months

Scale: 1:384 (~1” = 32’)

Description of build: The model is a solid waterline model constructed of wood, metal, and paper and is set in a sea of carved and painted wood in a mahogany case made by the builder.

Ship’s History: The Campania (British ~ 1893) was built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. for the Cunard Line. She was the largest and fastest ship in the world whenbuult and captured the Blue Ribbon in August 1894 with a voyage from Queenstown to Sandy Hook with an average speed of 21.49 knots. She was converted into an aircraft carrier during the first World War and was accidentally sunk in a collision with HMS Revenge during a storm at Scapa Flow on November 5, 1918 in the closing days of the war.