Mamoli HMS Portsmouth
Built in 1796, the English Brig Portsmouth was a typical example of a commercial unit adapted for privateering. At that time several nations recognized and supported the privateering activity and legalized it with the so-called mark-letters or reprisal-letters granted to anyone who was able, privately, to arm a vessel and to recruit a crew .
Plank on frame hull construction
Scale 1:64
Length 685mm
Height 550mm