Bonaventure (1683); Warship; Fourth rate; 50 guns
Scale 1:48. A Navy Board skeleton model of a 48 to 50-gun two-decker (circa 1683), built plank on frame in the Navy Board style. The model is decked and equipped and is mounted on its original wooden gilded ‘dolphin crutches’, and has the date ‘1682’ inscribed on the lower stern galleries.
This model illustrates very well the ornate carved decoration around the bow and stern galleries, as well as the carved wreathed gunports along the upper wales. This model is one of the few which still has the original mica set in the window frames in the stern galleries. This model possibly represents the ‘Bonaventure’, a 50-gun two-decker fourth rate of 1683.
This model illustrates very well the ornate carved decoration around the bow and stern galleries, as well as the carved wreathed gunports along the upper wales. This model is one of the few which still has the original mica set in the window frames in the stern galleries. This model possibly represents the ‘Bonaventure’, a 50-gun two-decker fourth rate of 1683.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR0374 |
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Collection: | Ship models |
Type: | Full hull model; Frame model; Plank-on-frame |
Display location: | Not on display |
Vessels: | Bonaventure (1650) |
Date made: | circa 1682 |
People: | Morrice, F.; Anderson, Roger Charles |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall model: 305 x 1010 x 230 mm; Base: 130 x 1120 x 310 mm |
Parts: | Bonaventure (1683); Warship; Fourth rate; 50 guns |