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Resistance (1793); Warship; Frigate; 40 guns
Scale: 1:48. A model of 'Resistance' (1793), a French 40 gun frigate made entirely in wood and painted in realistic colours.
The hull is hollowed out and painted a copper colour below the waterline and black above. There is a broad white horizontal stripe along the gundeck, with the gunports finished in grey and edged in red. The model is complete with a square stern gallery, a quarter gallery, a rudder with its gudgeons and pintles and, at the bow, a set of drift trails, cathead and a female figurehead. The single deck, together with the inboard bulwark is painted off white and devoid of detail.
The model is mounted on a wooden backboard painted off white with mahogany stained edging.
The hull is hollowed out and painted a copper colour below the waterline and black above. There is a broad white horizontal stripe along the gundeck, with the gunports finished in grey and edged in red. The model is complete with a square stern gallery, a quarter gallery, a rudder with its gudgeons and pintles and, at the bow, a set of drift trails, cathead and a female figurehead. The single deck, together with the inboard bulwark is painted off white and devoid of detail.
The model is mounted on a wooden backboard painted off white with mahogany stained edging.
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Object Details
| ID: | SLR0588 |
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| Collection: | Ship models |
| Type: | Half block model |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Vessels: | Resistance 1796 |
| Date made: | About 1793 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. |
| Measurements: | Overall model: 249 x 1168 x 138 mm; Backboard: 356 x 1306 x 21 mm |