US Armed Privateer Schooner Grecian (1812) – Vanguard Models

The set includes:

• Laser-cut and engraved MDF and pear wood elements

• Linden wood deck, laser-cut and laser-engraved, with details imitating treenails

• 3 photo-etched brass sheets

• High-resolution 3D-printed components

• Double-planked hull – first planking in limewood, second in pearwood

• Walnut wood dowels for mast, gaff and boom

• Various rigging thread thicknesses in black and natural colors, together with all the necessary blocks and fittings (deadeyes)

• Detailed, full-color assembly instructions and ELEVEN plan sheets, including all mast and rigging drawings

• Custom Eduard decal for the stern of the Grecian model, available in white or ochre versions

Instrukcja obsługi – Grecian

Dimensions:

• Scale – 1:64

• Overall length – 880 mm (hull length only – 505 mm)

• Overall height – 577 mm

• Overall width – 312 mm

The Baltimore privateer schooner Grecian 1812

The Grecian was an American schooner launched in 1812. During the War of 1812, she received a letter of marque. She was captured by the Royal Navy on 5 February 1814 and commissioned into service as HMS Grecian. It was sold in 1822.

In 1823, it became a merchant vessel. In 1824, it was captured by the Chilean navy, but it managed to escape. Later, she may have served for a time as a Spanish privateer.

After the Peruvian War of Independence, Grecian most likely returned to more conventional trading duties. She likely sank in 1829, although in 1830 she was still listed as an active vessel on the London–Lima route.