HMS Duncan (1859); Warship; 101 guns

Scale: 1:48. A model of the port side of HMS Duncan (1859), a 101 gun warship made entirely in wood and painted in realistic colours. The hull below the waterline is painted brown with a narrow cream stripe above, and black above the waterline. There are two broad white stripes running horizontally along the two gundecks and the main and poop decks are painted a uniform cream. The port quarter and stern galleries are shown. Fittings include channels, port, main and mizzen stumpmasts, three hawseholes, open gunports with red painted inner faces, a retracting funnel, and a stump bowsprit. The model is displayed on a cream backboard with a stained bevelled edge. The plaque is inscribed: 'Duncan - 101 guns - 1859 Built at Portsmouth. Renamed Pembroke in 1889 and became receiving ship at Chatham. Renamed Tenedos in 1905. Sold 1910 Dimensions Length 252ft Beam 58ft Speed 13 knots.'.

Object Details

ID: SLR0907
Collection: Ship models
Type: Half block model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Vessels: Duncan (1859)
Date made: circa 1859
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Overall model: 391 x 1840 x 196 mm; Backboard: 492 x 1998 x 25 mm