Fougueux; Warship; 74 guns

Scale: Unknown. A model of the French warship, 'Fougueux', 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 the ship is shown with damage sustained in the battle. The ship is three masted, ship rigged and with set sails, showing shot damage. Dark grey smoke is shown billowing from the deck. There is the remains of a French tricoleur on the poop deck, the mizzen mast is broken off above the lower mast. The hull is painted black with white stripes along the two gun decks, with a yellow outline running along the bullwarks, white on the deck, and black on the deck fittings. On paper label "38".

Object Details

ID: SLR2745.39
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: 210 mm x 150 mm x 345 mm
Parts: Battle of Trafalgar (1805) (Scenic model, Waterline model; Rigged model; Sails set)