This type of yacht was designed as a fast craft for the use and pleasure of King Gustav III of Sweden.
It was also used in naval battles, such as the Svenksund battle against the Russian Empire.
Launched in 1778, she was built at the Djurgarden shipyard in Stockholm, to a design by Fredrik Chapman: he was the first naval architect to codify hull design, based on precise mathematical relationships; indeed, at the time, all naval designs were the fruit of experience and empirical methods alone.
Equipped as a "schooner", the AMPHION had excellent nautical qualities, thanks to the tapered lines of its hull.
This model was produced using original documents from the period, as it was in 1790.
Scale: 1/40
Height: 620 mm
Length: 785 mm
Mounting: 2/3
