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Captain Kidd's Adventure Galley Pirate Ship in a Bottle 7"

Overall Dims: 3.5" L x 7" W x 4" H

MSRP: $19.99

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SKU: Adventure Galley Bottle

Captain Kidd's Adventure Galley Pirate Ship in a Bottle 7"

FULLY ASSEMBLED – READY FOR IMMEDIATE DISPLAY

This is not a Ship-in-a-Bottle kit 

Combining the traditional Ship-in-a-Bottle with the might of the dreaded pirate ship, this model Adventure Galley livens up any room or office. Sailing into the horizon with black sails, and flying the legendary flag of the pirate, bring your favorite pirate theme home with this Model Ship.

  • Arrives fully assembled with all sails mounted --- This is not a ship in a bottle kit!
  • Real glass bottle with a classic style
  • Handcrafted wooden hull and masts
  • 11 handsewn black cloth sails
  • Cork stopper and melted wax with an anchor impression seal the bottle
  • Metal nameplate on wooden base identifies the ship as the Adventure Galley
WARNING WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Formaldehyde, and Styrene, which are known to the State of California to cause cancer, and Chromium and Toluene, which are known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov

Captain Kidd Sails the Adventure Galley:

       Constructed in England in 1695, the Adventure Galley was called “the first ship ever built by the British to hunt pirates.” Weighing in at 285 tons, with a compliment of approximately 32 cannons, she was a ship complete with full sails, though she was also outfitted with oars. That same year, Captain William Kidd set sail from New York to England in search of a Royal Commission as a privateer. Granted letters of marque by the King William III of England, Captain Kidd worked out a venture with English noblemen as investors, a deal was made, and he was appointed the Adventure Galley.

Adventure Galley Continues to Indian Ocean:

       By mid-December of that year the Adventure Galley found itself in thick fog in the South Atlantic; as the fog cleared Kidd found his ship in the midst of a Royal Navy squadron that had been severely hindered by scurvy and dysentery. By law the Royal Navy was allowed to impress up to half of Kidd’s crew into service aboard their navy vessels, and knowing this, Kidd quietly ordered his crew to row the Adventure Galley away that night. Though he escaped with crew and ship intact, the episode would come back to haunt him as the Commander of the British fleet declared that Kidd’s actions seemed suspicious and that he may, in fact, be a pirate. Continuing on to the Indian Ocean, the Adventure Galley rounded the Cape of Good Hope and made way for Madagascar to effect repairs.

The Fate of the Adventure Galley:

       After repairing the Adventure Galley, Kidd pushed on through the Indian Ocean in the hopes of capturing a large prize vessel. Rounding the tip of India in January of 1698, the Quedah Merchant was a large cargo ship containing silk, muslin, sugar, opium, and saltpeter; all prized and exceedingly valuable merchandise. Two months after entering the Red Sea the Quedah Merchant and Adventure Galley crossed paths, and with Kidd flying French colors aboard his ship, the crew of the Quedah was surprised and quickly defeated. With a new ship, of higher quality, Kidd returned along the coast of Africa where he eventually stripped and burned the Adventure Galley along  Île Sainte-Marie, off the coast of Madagascar, where she still remains to this day.