Scale 1:48. A part contemporary full hull model of the St Albans (circa 1687), a 50-gun two-decker fourth-rate ship, built plank on frame in the Navy Board style. The model is decked, equipped and is mounted on two brass hull supports fixed to the keel.

The ‘St Albans’ was built at Deptford and launched in 1687. Measuring 128 feet along the gun deck and a beam of 33 feet, it had a tonnage of 615 burden. It took part in the Battle of Bantry Bay in 1689, and on 18 July 1690 under the command of Richard Fitzpatrick, it captured the French 36-gun ship ‘Friponne’. Under the command of Thomas Gillam, it was present at the Battle of Barfleur in May 1692, and was later wrecked on 8 December 1693 near Kinsale, with a large loss of life, including Gillam who drowned.

There is some doubt as to how much of the original model survives although most of the carved decoration and frames are thought to be original.