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Warship; Third rate; 70 guns
Scale: 1:48. A block design model of a 70-gun, two-decker ship of the line (1725). The attached label reads ‘35C’ and ‘Ship of 70-guns about 1725’.
Fourteen ships of this type were built under the Establishment of 1719, including the ‘Kent’ (SLR0421). They, and the later ‘74s’ that replaced them, formed the backbone of the line in fleet actions. Their dimensions were typically about 151 by 41½ feet, and they weighed 1128 tons burden. They had a complement of 480 men. They carried twenty-six 24-pound guns on their gun decks, twenty-six 12-pounders and four 6-pounders on their upper decks, and fourteen 6-pounders on their quarterdecks.
Fourteen ships of this type were built under the Establishment of 1719, including the ‘Kent’ (SLR0421). They, and the later ‘74s’ that replaced them, formed the backbone of the line in fleet actions. Their dimensions were typically about 151 by 41½ feet, and they weighed 1128 tons burden. They had a complement of 480 men. They carried twenty-six 24-pound guns on their gun decks, twenty-six 12-pounders and four 6-pounders on their upper decks, and fourteen 6-pounders on their quarterdecks.
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Object Details
| ID: | SLR0425 |
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| Collection: | Ship models |
| Type: | Full hull model; Block model |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 1725 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 278 mm x 1306 mm x 254 mm |