| Built: |
Hancock, in 1776, at: Newburyport, Massachusetts |
| 1st Captain: | Joseph Manly |
| Length: | 136 7/12' ft. |
| Beam: | 35 1/2 ft. |
| Guns: |
24 - 12 pounders, 10 - 6 pounders |
| Captured: |
by British, July 8, 1777;
Renamed IRIS; By French, 1781 (in W. Indies) By British, 1793 (in Toulon) |
| Burned: | By British, when Toulon lost. |
| Scale: | 1:48 |
| Plans: |
from plans in British Admiralty Collection;
plan no. 2285 (Box 38). (plans taken off in Deptford Navy yard, June, 1779) |
| Length |
46 1/2 in. 50 in. (case) |
| Width |
9 1/2 in. 13 in. (case) |
| Height |
12 in. 16 in. (case) |
| Construction |
"Dockyard" style construction. Construction time: three years (1991-1994); Scratch build entirely from home-milled timbers of pear, madrone, apple, maple, and boxwood. |
(I've got to DO something about that loose cannon!
Legend has it that the British kept the John Hancock figurehead,
but sawed off the (offending) right hand that had signed the
Declaration of Independence!
