Artesania Latina is proud to present the legendary "H.M.S Surprise", inspired by the novels of Patrick O´Brian and featured in the 2003 film Master and Commander: the far Side of the world.

Artesania Latina worked altogether with the National Maritime Museum of London and has the exclusivity copyrights worldwide.

Originally a British Frigate built at Le Havre in 1794 as a 24.8 lb long guns French corvette. A unit was captured in 1796 by the British Navy and renamed H.M.S. Surprise.

She was rearmed and classified as a sixth-rate frigate.
She inspired the Aubrey-Maturin series of novels by Patrick O’Brian and featured in the 2003 film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.

KIT TECHNICAL DATA:
Length: 1330mm
Height: 960mm
Beam: 465mm
Scale: 1:48

THE KIT : This last generattion of the ARTESANIA LATINA wood ship kit productions represents the state-of-the-art in mithic ships.

This one is the biggest kit series ever made by a Spanish maker.

KIT FEATURES :
* Traditional double planking on frame wooden hull .
* Factory precut keel and all main frame parts
* Highest quality planking mahogany, walnut anfd fine lime woods
* All fittings are presented in useful clear hard plastic boxes with separate departments with a detachable self-gripping top .
* High quality fittings in white metal burnished or in real die cast brass.
* Sails set full sewn. You just have to rig them at the masts.
* De luxe 100 pages full colour booklet with dozens and dozens of images step by step of the assembly stages. Just like if you had a teacher beside you !!!
* Plans set with special edition in full colour print with the top and side views of the model in scale 1:1

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