Warship; Battleship

Scale: Unknown. A half block design model of the starboard side of a Royal Naval turret ship (circa 1866), made entirely in wood and painted in realistic colours. The hull is painted brown below the waterline with a broad black stripe above and off-white above the waterline. The single deck is devoid of detail apart from two wide-diameter turrets, fore and aft, and what may be a retractable funnel aft of the first turret, all painted gloss black. There is a starboard propeller shaft and mounting. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame with bevelled edge. On the bottom section of the frameis inscribed ‘(15)’.

Object Details

ID: SLR0984
Collection: Ship models
Type: Half block model
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1866
People: Arnhalsero (designer), Arnhalsero (designer)
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Measurements: Overall model: 178 x 1242 x 150 mm; Backboard: 249 x 1395 x 17 mm