"Savannah" - US steamship

"Savannah' - US sail-steam packet boat, a sail vessel with a built-in steam engine and side-wheels. The ship is named after the American city of Savannah in the state of Georgia. It became the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Building began in 1818. The ship was originally built only as a sail vessel (three-masted), but while still in the stack, Captain Moses Rogers convinced the future owners, "Scarborough & Isaacs" from Savannah to install a steam engine in her and win the prestige of the first transatlantic crossing by steamship. Since the "Savannah's" steam engine was considered only auxiliary, the wheels were folding and the wheel covers were made of canvas on an iron frame. The wheel consisted of fixed diametrical spokes and transverse paddles, placed on both sides of the spokes, held in working position by chains. The collapsible design of the wheels avoided the resistance to movement and the risk of waves damaging the wheels, when the ship was only sailing under sail. Fuel reserves: 75 tons of coal and about 90 cubic meters of firewood. The ship had room for 32 passengers, exclusively in cabins. According to entries in the ship's logbook, "the quarters for the ladies are completely separate from the quarters for the men." There were three fully equipped saloons for dining and relaxation. The ship left for the first time in 28 March of 1819. Originally "Savannah" is a mail ship, was destined to forever go down in history as the pioneer of transatlantic steamship service. The construction cost about 50 thousand US dollars. In 1818 August 22 "Savannah" was lowered into the water. In 1819 24 May at 05:00 the steam-sail packet boat weighed anchor in the Savannah road-stead and proceeded across the Atlantic to Liverpool, England. After 29 and a half days the ship reached its destination and is rightly called the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. No US-built steamship crossed the Atlantic for nearly three decades thereafter. After the ship returned to its home port, the steam engine was dismantled (engines and boiler room and fuel took up too much space on board, which made it uneconomical, as the steam engine was considered only as an auxiliary engine) and as the sail ship "Savannah" until 1821 sailed on the New York-Savannah line. In 1821 November 5 the "Savannah" was wrecked off at Long Island.

From this edition You can make a ship model, as it was in 1819. A small, moderately complex model, that is well designed and well detailed. Where necessary, details are double-side printed, sails and flags are also double-side printed, but on thin paper. There are small areas of stock colors. The graphic instruction is large and detailed, the text is also not small and quite detailed in Ukrainian, Polish, German, English. The model is intended for modelers of all experience, except beginners. And for advanced beginners and modelers with little experience, it is recommended to work under the supervision of a more experienced colleague and simplify the rigging, which is, along with the rangout, the most complicated part of this model.