Scale: 1:48. A contemporary full hull model of HMS 'Rhadamamthus' (1832), a 5-gun paddle steam sloop. Model is decked, fully equipped including boats, and is rigged on all three masts. Built in ‘bread and butter’ fashion in the builder’s style, it is finished in the original colour scheme as used by the Royal Navy in the early to mid-19th century.

Built at HM Dockyard, Devonport, HMS ‘Rhadamamthus’ measured 164 feet in length by 32 feet in the beam and a tonnage of 813 gross. It was powered by two side-lever reciprocating steam engines driving paddle wheels 20 feet in diameter, which produced a top speed of 10 knots.

It was one of five ships ordered for the Royal Navy and was amongst the earliest steam warships in the world. HMS ‘Rhadamamthus’ saw no action, but achieved the distinction by being the first British warship to cross the Atlantic assisted by steam in 1833. In 1847, she was converted to a transport and later, in 1862, converted to a store ship before finally being broken up in 1864.