42 " HMS SURPRISE MODEL WOODEN TEAK SAILING SHIP FULLY ASSEMBLED MADE IN 2000

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I HAD ANTIQUE SHOPS FOR MANY YEARS. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I TAKE SOMETHINGS OUT OF STORAGE AND PUT THEM UP FOR SALE .  I HAVE DECIDED TO SELL A FEW OF MY VINTAGE PIECES FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION .  PLEASE SEE MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR SOME OTHER NICE COLLECTIBLES .  I WILL COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES WHEN POSSIBLE . UP FOR AUCTION TODAY IS A FULL ASSEMBLED WOODEN MODEL SHIP OF THE HMS SURPRISE , GUNBOAT MODEL .IT WAS MADE IN CHINA IN JULY 2000. THIS SHIP MODEL  IS 21 YEARS OLD .  IT HAS BEEN DISPLAYED . IT IS IN GOOD ORDER . READY TO DISPLAY IN YOUR HOME OR OFFICE .  IT IS CLEAN . CLOTH SAILS , METAL CANNONS , METAL ANCHORS , METAL CHAINS . IT IS WOOD.  I BELIEVE TO BE TEAK .NO PLASTIC PARTS .  THE SHIP BODY ITSELF IS A LARGE 32 INCHES LONG (81 CM) . THE OVERALL LENGTH IS VERY LARGE 42 INCHES LONG (106 CM) . IT IS 7 INCHES WIDE (18 CM )  AND 33 INCHES TALL (84 CM ) .  IT WEIGHS 6 POUNDS 5 OUNCES.  PICTURE SPEAKS 1000 WORDS. KNOW AND TRUST THE EBAYER YOU ARE DEALING WITH . A++ ON FEEDBACK SINCE 1998 . EMAIL WITH QUESTIONS . SHIPPING , PACKING , HANDLING AND INSURANCE IN THE US IS 0.00  . SORRY ABOUT THAT . THIS MODEL IS LARGE. IT WILL TAKE A LARGE BOX AND WILL BE PACKED VERY WELL.  FOR OUT OF COUNTRY I USE THE GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM SO THAT ADDITIONAL COST WILL BE AT YOUR EXPENSE.   SURE TO PLEASE. LOW STARTING PRICE.
THERE IS SOME CONFUSION WITH THIS MODEL SHIP . THE BRITISH NAVY HAS NAMED 13 OF IT'S SHIPS THE "HMS SURPRISE" . THIS MODEL IS THE " HMS SURPRISE " FROM 1805 NOT 1860 AS PER THE GOLD PLAQUE . SEE INFORMATION BELOW .
HMS
Surprise
was the ship chosen by author
Patrick O'Brian
to restore Captain
"Lucky" Jack Aubrey
of the
Aubrey–Maturin series
to his place as a
captain
, and eventually see him raise his flag as an
admiral
of the
Royal Navy
.
Surprise
is an important element of the series, both because of her importance to the running plotline, and because of the emotional attachment she has earned among the characters in the book and real life fans of the series.
[14]
In the late 1990s, publisher W. W. Norton & Company rented the
replica of HMS
Rose
in New York for a pier-side party to celebrate the publication of Patrick O’Brian's latest novel. O’Brian himself was present, and he casually mentioned to the frigate's captain, Richard Bailey, that if the
Rose
were painted in an 1805 colour scheme she would be a "dead ringer" for the frigate
Surprise
that appeared in his books. Bailey quickly ordered his crew to get out the paint and make the changes. O’Brian was so impressed that he changed his mind about his prohibition of having any of his books converted into film, and Norton immediately started looking for a Hollywood production company.
[15]
For the 2003 film
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
, the role of
Surprise
was filled by the same replica of HMS
Rose
, which was purchased by the film studio and extensively modified at
Baja Studios
to resemble the original Surprise for the role.
The book
HMS Surprise
by O'Brian also mentions Aubrey being a midshipman aboard
Surprise
[16]
[b]
The series has the
Surprise
in service until O'Brian's extended fictional year of 1812, using the latitude of fiction in
The Reverse of the Medal
. In that era, the Royal Navy commissioned a 38-gun frigate by this name in September 1812.
[14]
The fictional
Surprise
is sold out of the service in
The Reverse of the Medal
, being purchased by Stephen Maturin and employed first as a
letter of marque
and later as His Majesty's
hired ship
Surprise
under Aubrey's command. Maturin agrees to sell the
Surprise
to Aubrey in
The Nutmeg of Consolation
, though later novels suggest that never transpired and Maturin continued to own the ship.
Surprise
'
s ultimate fictional fate is unknown although she was still at sea in 1817 when Aubrey receives news of his promotion to
Rear-Admiral of the Blue
in her great cabin at the end of
Blue at the Mizzen
, the last completed novel in the series.
[14]
The Surprise public house in Chelsea London, established in 1853, is named after the ship with the pub sign containing an image of the ship.