Warship; 74 guns

Scale: Unknown. A model of a Spanish warship, made in plaster with wood, metal, paper, and cotton fittings which has been realistically painted. The model depicts the vessel at 1.40pm on 21st October 1805 at the height of the Battle of Trafalgar and shows the ship undamaged. The ship is three masted and ship rigged on all three masts. A Spanish flag is flying from the peak of the gaff and a white pennant is flying from the top of the foremast. Dark grey smoke is billowing from some of the gun ports on the starboard main gun deck. The stern galleries, made in one piece, are detached and currently lying on the deck. The hull is painted black with white stripes along the gun decks, white on the deck, and black on the deck fittings.

Object Details

ID: SLR2745.26
Type: Scenic model; Waterline model; Rigged model; Sails set
Display location: Not on display
Creator: William Haines, William
Date made: Before 1858
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection
Measurements: Overall: 270 mm x 165 mm x 345 mm
Parts: Battle of Trafalgar (1805) (Scenic model, Waterline model; Rigged model; Sails set)