Harriet (1843); Fighting vessel; Service vessel; Cutter; Armed cutter

Scale: 1:24. A contemporary full hull plank on frame model of the armed cutter ‘Harriet’ (1843). The model is fully rigged with mast and spars, and the laid wooden deck complete with a windlass, a wheel carved from bone and stern davits. Measuring 61 feet in length by 19 feet in the beam, this vessel represents a design that would have been built during the late-18th century, as it is clinker built and still carrying the square topsail. Although the name ‘Harriet’ appears on the stern, the only vessel that appears to be similar is a revenue cutter, which operated from 1843 to 1860 and would have been carvel built.

Object Details

ID: SLR0814
Collection: Ship models
Type: Full hull model; Rigged model; Plank-on-frame
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Harriet fl.1843
Date made: Circa 1843
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Overall model: 1217 x 1477 x 570 mm; Base: 134 x 893 x 222 mm