Scale: 1:48. A full hull model of a galleon (circa 1580-1600), built in bread and butter construction. Model is decked and equipped with stump masts and bowsprit. At this scale the model represents a ship measuring 140 feet along the gun deck by 36 feet in the beam and an approximate tonnage of 1000 burden. The model is highly decorated and is mounted on a wooden baseboard with a plaque inscribed ‘"Great Harry" 1000 tons built in the reign of Henry VIII 1514’.

Although intended to portray the 'Henri Grace a Dieu', or 'Great Harry', built during the reign of Henry VIII, the bow, fine stern and reduced castles suggest a warship of a later date. However, it does bear similar features to the ships designed by Sir John Hawkins of the 1580s, the sailing qualities of which greatly impressed the officers of the Spanish Armada during the first encounter off the Lizard in 1588. Hawkins lowered the height of the superstructure at the bow and stern, which reduced the effect of wind against the hull. This improved both the ships stability as well as its sailing qualities.