Ranger - American Cutter

Wooden Model Boat Kit

American Cutter, 1823 

The Ranger was one of the typical American cutter built in the first half of the 19th century and basically used for surveillance and castguard duties.

It was armed with a large carronade installed in the centre of the deck that rotated on a circular guideway, permitting rapid fire from both sides of the hull with a single weapon.

Note the particular elegant line of the Ranger, emphasied by the depth of the keel at the stern. Given the generic nature of the tasks it performed, no significant events are known in which this type of cutter was involved.

Model ship with fittings.
Detailed instructions.
 

• Length: 465 mm
• Width: 220 mm
• Height: 390 mm
• Scale: 1/50