Vigilante by Pedro Cómez Ramos

This is first submission. It's a kitbash of Heller plastic model "L'Occident" at 1/400 scale converted to Spanish Armada Paddle Steamer "Vigilante" of 1847

HISTORICAL DATA

Shipbuilder:     Miller,Raventhill&Co.  London
Hull:                Iron
Launching:      June 4, 1845. Transfered to Spanish Armada, January 1847
Displacement: 316 Tm.
Lenght:           50'43 m.
Beam:            6'41 m.
Draught:         2'51m.
Power :          Steam engine, two cylinders oscillate, 120 HP
Speed:           12 knots
Armament:      1  gun ( 68 pounds )
                      2  guns ( 32 pounds )
                                        

All its operative life carried out in tasks referred to by its name: coastal vessel or coastal vigilance. Was decommissioned at 1882

Regards Pedro Comez