Description of the model:

The model was scratch built from the plans noted below by Ed Quam.  She is made of bass wood, fiber rigging and copper.

History of the ship:

Whaling ship out of New England owned by the Corey family.  She was sunk by the Confederate Navy.  The Corey family had all the documents related to her construction and disposition to file for reparations. 

A trunk full of these documents were found in the Corey attic in the mid 1970’s Model shipways had the plans drawn up and a kit was produced.