Scale: 1:48. A contemporary full hull model of a brig (circa 1830), built plank on frame and fully rigged with original sails. A fine example representing one of the many armed brigs built and in service around this date. However, the absence of the fourth row of reef points in the topsails makes it certain that this is not a regular man-of-war. Added to this is the narrow beam, a feature that would have been incorporated in the designs of the navy’s Surveyor, Sir William Symonds. The model depicts a vessel measuring 104 feet along the gun deck by 28 feet in the beam and is similar in size to the ‘Beagle’ as used by Charles Darwin and Captain Fitzroy on their famous scientific expeditions.