Calling all SS Chantier Fans (Richard Byrd's ship in 1926)

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Re: Calling all SS Chantier Fans (Richard Byrd's ship in 192

by maxim » Wed Nov 14, 2012 11:50 am

Hi Pieter,
thank you very much for the informations! :thumbs_up_1:

Cheers
Lars

Re: Calling all SS Chantier Fans (Richard Byrd's ship in 192

by Pieter » Tue Nov 13, 2012 1:40 pm

Chantier was build in 1919 in Duluth on the great lakes. She was a USSB 1020, a WW1 standard ship. She looked similar to Drumgeith except that she was about 30 meters shorter and 1.4 meter narrower, which is quite visible in 1/700. I don't tink using her as a starting point is a good idea , especially as the poop and foc'sle shapes were rather different. The 1020's were "ocean lakers", they were the largest ships that could travel from the great lakes to the atlantic through the St lawrence river and the (third) Welland canal. Pm me your emailadress if you're interested in a deck plan of the 1020's.

Calling all SS Chantier Fans (Richard Byrd's ship in 1926)

by maxim » Tue Nov 13, 2012 11:54 am

Richard Byrd used the freighter Chantier to transport his Fokker F. VII/3m "Josephine Ford" to Spitsbergen for his flight to the North Pole (if he had reached it, is another topic).

Do someone has details about this ship? Is there any kit in 1/700 available, e.g. of a similar ship?

Here is a photo:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/imag ... h55249.jpg

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