Satellite (1855)
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the bow, head, headrails, trail-board and figurehead for Satellite (1855), a 21-gun First Class screw corvette.
A three-quarter length figurehead of a female facing forward. She is wearing a close-fitting bodice with a pleated skirt below the waistband. Her hair has been pulled back into a loose bun at the nape of her neck. She is wearing a headband with a six-pointed star at the front above her right eye. The figurehead still survives at HMS Calliope, Gateshead.
Signed by W. Edye [Master Shipwright, Devonport, 1843-1859]. The plan includes an Admiralty Letter Book number S10145.
A three-quarter length figurehead of a female facing forward. She is wearing a close-fitting bodice with a pleated skirt below the waistband. Her hair has been pulled back into a loose bun at the nape of her neck. She is wearing a headband with a six-pointed star at the front above her right eye. The figurehead still survives at HMS Calliope, Gateshead.
Signed by W. Edye [Master Shipwright, Devonport, 1843-1859]. The plan includes an Admiralty Letter Book number S10145.
Object Details
| ID: | DIC0062 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Technical drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 12 October 1854 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 246 mm x 380 mm |