Plymouth (1755); Service vessel; Yacht

Scale: 1:38.4. A contemporary full hull model of the yacht Plymouth circa 1755, built plank on frame in the Navy Board style. The model is decked and equipped with a variety of fittings such as a rudder with a wooden tiller, capstan, deck gratings, companionway and stump masts (modern replacements). The decoration on the stern, quarter galleries and figurehead is particularly fine and is probably carved in boxwood. Also the painted friezes along the bulwark screens is virtually un-touched and in original condition having been applied directly onto the model itself.

Object Details

ID: SLR0494
Collection: Ship models
Type: Full hull model; Plank-on-frame
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Vessels: Plymouth 1755
Date made: circa 1755
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 225 x 650 x 150 mm