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Litchfield (1730); Warship; Fourth rate; 50 guns
Scale: 1:48. A block design model of the ‘Litchfield’ (1730), a 50-gun small two-decker. The name ‘Litchfield’ is on the stern and the starboard broadside. The dimensions are those of the Establishment of 1719 to which the ‘Litchfield’ was built in 1730.
Ships of this type were 134 feet long, 26 feet broad, weighed 755 tons burden, and had a full complement of 300 men. They carried twenty-two 18-pound guns on their gun decks, twenty-two 9-pounders on their upper decks, four 6-pounders on their quarterdecks and two 6-pounders on their forecastles.
The ‘Litchfield’ was launched at Plymouth in March 1730, and was broken up in 1744.
Ships of this type were 134 feet long, 26 feet broad, weighed 755 tons burden, and had a full complement of 300 men. They carried twenty-two 18-pound guns on their gun decks, twenty-two 9-pounders on their upper decks, four 6-pounders on their quarterdecks and two 6-pounders on their forecastles.
The ‘Litchfield’ was launched at Plymouth in March 1730, and was broken up in 1744.
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Object Details
| ID: | SLR0435 |
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| Collection: | Ship models |
| Type: | Full hull model; Block model |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Litchfield 1730 |
| Date made: | circa 1730 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall model: 256 x 922 x 231 mm |