Hudson River Sloop Victorine

3D Model

Model of the Hudson River sloop Victorine constructed from the plans of Portia Takakjian in the book “sloops of the Hudson river” by Paul E Fonteno. This was one of the fastest sloops on the river in 1840s and carried Parrott guns from the Cold Spring Foundary to New York during the civil war.

Here is and intresting article about the sloops history https://issuu.com/seahistory/docs/sh_043_spring-1987/26 and the Parrott gun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrott_rifle

Acknowledgements (1)Rope, sail, and rigging features used from the free model of the Aleksandr class archipelago frigate created in the National Museum of Finland project “Historia eläväksi digitaalisella tarinankerronnalla” by Zoan Oy.