Scale: 1:34.2. A contemporary full hull model of the 74-gun two-decker HMS ‘Hastings’ (1818). It is fully rigged together with a full set of boats on davits and stowed on chocks in the waist. Of particular interest are the hammocks, which are stowed in the box channels above the bulwarks. This model was built on board the actual ship between 1834–37 and then presented to its captain, Sir Henry Shiffner, Bt. Despite this, the proportions are slightly out as the stern is too wide in comparison with the midship-section.

The ‘Hastings’ was built in Calcutta and measured 176 feet along the gun deck by 48 feet in the beam. The Royal Navy bought it in 1819 and after taking part in operations on the coast of Syria in 1840 and in Burma in 1852, it was converted into a 60-gun screw battleship. The ‘Hastings’ then became part of the Baltic Fleet in 1855 and took part in the bombardment of Sveaborg. After the war it was used as a blockship, or coastal defence vessel, at Liverpool and later was hulked at Queenstown before finally being sold in 1886.