"Captain Sturt" - ratinis garlaivis

PS "Captain Sturt" - a steamer, built at Mannum on the Murray River in South Australia in 1916. It was named after the British captain and explorer Charles Sturt. "Captain Sturt" had only two captains during her service: Captain George Johnston until his death on board in 1926, and Captain Payne until 1935. In 1940 the vessel was sold for £250 to Captain George Ritchie, who intended to use the "Captain Sturt" for day excursions from Goolwa to Point Macleay. Other owners were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ehret of Magill, who from 1946 to 1952 used the ship as a floating house, that could accommodate 30 people. In 1950 Charlie Smith became the owner of the ship, possibly by charter, as the ship carried a large number of passengers, with a charter fee of 7 pounds 10 shillings per year. Grace O'Neill purchased the ship in 1954 and in 1965 sold as a floating house to Keith Veenstra, who used it as an office for the family's ship building business. While trying to restore the ship, Andrew Bell in 1996 founded the "Captain Sturt"Preservation Society, but soon realized, that the cost of restoration was prohibitive. Mr. Veenstra eventually decided to remove the upper decks and fill the hull with cement. The remains of the shipwreck were used as the base for the "Captain Sturt" wharf at Goolwa Dockyard. The original steering wheel was transferred to PS "Goolwa" and was still in use there in 2015. (maybe still used now).

From magazine You can be made the steamship model from 1916 year. The magazine also includes a sheet with two stationary base St-B from the "Steam Wars" series. Model of medium complexity. Where needed, double-sided printing is used. Short text instructions in Ukrainian, Polish, German, English. The graphic instruction is small, but sufficient. There is a stock of textures and colors. A model for modelers of any experience, but for beginners this cannot be one of the first models, we recommend them and modelers with little experience to glue this model under the supervision of a more experienced colleague.