This is the stern of the 56 gun Third Rate of 1650. Imagine, Oliver Cromwell was in power in England, the United States was little more than a tenuous string of English colonies, a young Charles II remained in exile, after his father Charles I had lost his head only a year earlier. And this model was built in that same year. It was modified sometime in the 1800's, but the bulk of the model has existed for over 350 years largely as you see it now. Stunning!
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AuthorBill Abbott is a professional cartoonist, retired Navy SWCC, and is a passionate reader of Naval and maritime history. Archives
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