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Modeste (1786); Warship; French; Frigate; 32 guns
Scale: 1:48. A block model of the ‘Modeste (1786), a French 32-gun frigate. The number ‘11’ is marked on the port-broadside and the base. The model is of the style used for the naval museum in Somerset House in the 1830s. It is also painted in the later style (circa 1815) with black and white stripes and black gunports.
The ‘Modeste’ was built in France and captured by HMS ‘Bedford’ in 1793. It was not put into active service until 1801, but took part in several actions in the Far East between 1806 and 1812. It was laid up ‘in ordinary’ at Woolwich and broken up in 1814.
The ‘Modeste’ was built in France and captured by HMS ‘Bedford’ in 1793. It was not put into active service until 1801, but took part in several actions in the Far East between 1806 and 1812. It was laid up ‘in ordinary’ at Woolwich and broken up in 1814.
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Object Details
| ID: | SLR0551 |
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| Collection: | Ship models |
| Type: | Full hull model; Block model |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Modeste (1786) |
| Date made: | circa 1786 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. |
| Measurements: | Overall model: 225 x 1036 x 238 mm; Base: 104 x 1082 x 264 mm |
| Parts: | Modeste (1786); Warship; French; Frigate; 32 guns |