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Edinburgh (1721),; Warship; Third rate; 70 guns
Scale: 1:48. A block design model of the ‘Edinburgh’ (1721), a 70-gun, two-decker ship of the line. The name ‘Edinburgh’ appears on starboard broadside.
The model has the dimensions of the Establishment of 1719 (approximately 151 feet by 41½ feet). The ‘Edinburgh’ would have weighed 1128 tons burden and carried 480 men. It was armed with 26 24-pound guns on its gun deck, twenty-six 12-pounders and four 6-pounders on its upper deck, and 14 more 6-pounders on its quarterdeck.
The ‘Edinburgh’ was launched from Chatham in 1721 as one of 13 ships of this Establishment. It acted first as a guardship before serving in the Baltic in 1726 and 1727. In 1733 it was prepared for the Mediterranean, returned to home waters in 1735, and went back to the Mediterranean in 1738. It was broken up in 1742.
The model has the dimensions of the Establishment of 1719 (approximately 151 feet by 41½ feet). The ‘Edinburgh’ would have weighed 1128 tons burden and carried 480 men. It was armed with 26 24-pound guns on its gun deck, twenty-six 12-pounders and four 6-pounders on its upper deck, and 14 more 6-pounders on its quarterdeck.
The ‘Edinburgh’ was launched from Chatham in 1721 as one of 13 ships of this Establishment. It acted first as a guardship before serving in the Baltic in 1726 and 1727. In 1733 it was prepared for the Mediterranean, returned to home waters in 1735, and went back to the Mediterranean in 1738. It was broken up in 1742.
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Object Details
| ID: | SLR0417 |
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| Collection: | Ship models |
| Type: | Full hull model; Block model |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Edinburgh (1721) |
| Date made: | 1721 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall model: 305 x 1132 x 256 mm; Base: 76 x 1181 x 296 mm |