Scale: 1:48. A full hull model of the 'Egmont' (1768), a 74-gun, two-decker ship of the line, built in frame with some planking. Model is decked and partially planked with various equipment including anchors and their gear, a rigged capstan and stump masts and bowsprit. It also has a selection of carved decoration around the stern with the monogram ‘GR III 1768’ inscribed on the taffrail, and a full-length figurehead on the bow.

The concept of this very detailed and accurate model was to illustrate how a ship was actually constructed in frame, as opposed to building a model in the Navy Board style. The port side of the hull is at the stage where all the frames are held in place with a series of thin battens or ribbands running from bow to stern. The starboard side shows the next stage whereby the planks are fastened to the frames working from the keel up and from the bulwarks down. This model clearly shows how little space there was between the individual frames, creating an almost solid hull.

The 'Egmont’ was launched in 1768 at the Royal Dockyard, Deptford, and measured 169 feet along the gun deck by 47 feet in the beam and a tonnage of 1648 burden. It had a very active career with several actions during the American Revolutionary War as well as playing an active part during the Napoleonic Wars. The 'Egmont’ was finally broken up at Chatham in 1799.