SS Gaelic Steam Ship Model

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This ship model is constructed plank on frame.

This sailboat model come's to you new In the original box straight from the builder.

Details on this SS Gaelic are scaled down from the original Steam Ship. 

This ship comes to you assembled and ready to display.

Size: 33"L x 9"W x 24"T Inches

The SS Gaelic model features plank on frame construction, two decks, and four rows of metal pin and wood stripes on each side of the ship. The four large masts are connected securely using advanced rigging and lines painstakingly knotted and fastened by hand.

Three lower yard has an attached hand-stitched rolled-up sails made of fine linen. Metal anchors and a wooden rudder are visible on the front and rear of the ship. On the deck, there are authentic hand-built lifeboats with ribs and planks, metal steering wheel, smoke stack and windlass, captain’s dining and sleeping cabin, and many other handcrafted ornaments.

There is a limited supply so don't miss out!  

Construction: Months of research goes into the planning of these model boats. Original plans and pictures are used for their design and realism.


All natural hardwoods are used:

Historic Past:


SS Gaelic was a steamship of the White Star Line, built by shipbuilders Harland and Wolff of Belfast.
The Gaelic (later the Hugo), was originally one of a pair of ships built by Harland and Wolff for the J.J. Bibby Company of Liverpool. Along with her sister ship, which was renamed SS Belgic, she was bought while still building by White Star for their South American routes. She was launched on 21 September 1872. Completed on 7 January 1873, she made her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Valparaiso on 29 January. However, White Star decided to abandon this route shortly after, and she was transferred to the Liverpool-New York run, making her first voyage on this route on 10 July 1873.
Gaelic made eight round voyages on this route. On 15 January 1874, while making an eastbound crossing, she came to the assistance of the larger White Star ship SS Celtic when the latter vessel lost her propeller blades after striking wreckage in the Irish Sea. She towed the Celtic into Queenstown. From 3 June to 2 November 1874, she made four round voyages on the London-New York run, resuming her original run on 24 December of that year. On this occasion, she made two round voyages.
After White Star entered the Britannic and Germanic into service in 1874 and 1875, both of which were faster and larger than its previous vessels, it made all of its previous ships redundant including Gaelic. On 29 May 1875, Gaelic, along with her sister ship Belgic and the companys first vessel Oceanic, was chartered to the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company for their Pacific routes. She was put on the San Francisco-Yokohama-Hong Kong run; she became caught in a gale on 20 November, which damaged the after part of her wheelhouse and blew away her trysail. On 11 May 1883, while steaming from San Francisco to Hong Kong, Gaelic put into the Chinese port of Hankow after losing her propeller shaft; she was likely forced to complete her voyage under sail.

Sam on 03/04/2013 04:09pm
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