Model Plaisir yacht of Peter the Great

Model Plaisir yacht of Peter the Great Scale 1:10 Hull&and spars&material is pine Carving is of pear tree. Sails are of percale. The Model is made in a "Saint-Simon&Garage" workshop. It was executed by Paltsev A.A. Carving STL-model by Shein S. Astrakhan, 2014. Historical information: Pleasure yacht was constructed in 1722 by the Kazan Admiralty for imperial needs in Astrakhan and for use in the Persian trip at the Caspian Sea. On July 18, 1722 Peter the Great on Plaisir yacht passed in review of the ships of newly created Caspian flotilla headed by the flotilla&general admiral count Apraksin M. F. On indirect limitation the yacht took part in Peter&Persian trip and was called "Experanec" (Hope). 1724 the yacht was turned in for storage to the military port. 1824 it was restored. Later in 1871 it was constructed the Petrovsky museum house for Plaisir yacht and wherry on the Admiralty (nowadays Volga) backwater at anniversary celebration of the 200 birth of Peter the Great. 1896 it was decided to send Plaisir yacht to the All-Russian industrial exhibition to Nizhny Novgorod where it was exposed in "Navigation and Shipbuilding History" pavilion. 1927 the Astrakhan City Council has decided to demolish the Petrovsky museum house because of decay. It wanted to place the Plaisir yacht in the District (Local history) museum, but it didn&pass in a door. The destiny of an exhibit is unknown after 1927. It is possible the yacht strongly decayed in the museum yard in the open air...