The tartan is a type of vessel with many different variations in shape or rigging. It may have one to three masts, the jib is tacked on a head or a bowsprit. The main lateen sail may be replaced, under trying weather conditions by a square sail called “fortune sail”, there may also be a topsail with the stormsail replaced by a jigger.

Mainly used for fishing and trading, one may however find tartans on the rolls of the Navy, serving as dispatch vessels, or patrol boats, and even as privateers, particularly during the Revolution and under Napoleon.

Specifications :

Model building : medium difficulty

Scale of drawing: 1/50th,
one plan , two photographs, one notice (french).