Carnegie

Year: 1909 AD
Category: Modern
Vessel Type:
Scale: 1/16" = 1 foot
Overall Length: 201 feet

The Carnegie was launched in 1909 by The Carnegie Institute of Washington, D.C. It was designed and used as a scientific research vessel that traveled the globe for 20 years doing research. Its main function was to study the magnetic and electric fields of the Earth. The crew consisted of 10 scientists and 13 deck hands. Much of their work was done above 60 degrees north and below 60 south where variations and deviations in magnetic readings were strongest.

Because it was studying the magnetic forces of the earth no steel or iron could be used in its' construction. Even the silverware was made of real silver so no magnetic metals could affect the research work they were doing.

The ship caught fire by accident in the natural harbor at Apia, Samoa and burned to the waterline in November 1929.