18th century privateer corvette
In the last quarter of the 18th century, privateers were generally small fast merchant
vessels. Carrying a large area of sail and highly armed with small calibre guns, unlike “pirate” ships, these vessels flew their national flag. The corvette TONNANT, a late 18th century French privateer, was particuarly representative of this class of vessel. The fragmentary nature of the historical information available to us does not allow us to trace a complete history of this vessel and the fact that several sailing ships of this period bore the same name (for example, the much more famous 80-gunner which was sunk at Abukir in 1798) makes it difficult to be certain that any references actually refer to this ship.
H. 595 mm L. 860 mm
Corel, made in Italy
Istruzioni per il montaggio in lingua italiana;
Direction for the assembling in english;
Bauanleitung in deutsch;
Instructions pour le montage en francaise
In the last quarter of the 18th century, privateers were generally small fast merchant
vessels. Carrying a large area of sail and highly armed with small calibre guns, unlike “pirate” ships, these vessels flew their national flag. The corvette TONNANT, a late 18th century French privateer, was particuarly representative of this class of vessel. The fragmentary nature of the historical information available to us does not allow us to trace a complete history of this vessel and the fact that several sailing ships of this period bore the same name (for example, the much more famous 80-gunner which was sunk at Abukir in 1798) makes it difficult to be certain that any references actually refer to this ship.
H. 595 mm L. 860 mm
Corel, made in Italy
Istruzioni per il montaggio in lingua italiana;
Direction for the assembling in english;
Bauanleitung in deutsch;
Instructions pour le montage en francaise
