16th Century Portuguese Carracks

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I have come across the old pyro/lindberg kit of the Santa Catarina Do Monte Sinai, which has been made available again. 

I find the extreme castellations on the ship fascinating and the model does closely match the painting of that supposed ship painted in that era https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Catarina_do_Monte_Sinai#/media/File:Portuguese_Carracks_off_a_Rocky_Coast.jpg 

Even if the painting/model is not the best representation of what these ships were really like what I am trying to work out is what size these ships actually were? 

Wikipedia states 800ton and 38m length, does anyone know if that is accurate for ships of this type? 

If it is so, it makes the kit work out about 1/144 but at the same time the ship looks like it is in a smaller scale (I have also seen it listed as 1/244! ), unless the cannon are particularly small types nestled shoulder width apart. 

The lifeboat and ladders bring it back more towards 1/144 scale. 

 

Here is a picture of a well finished kit