HMS Monarch (1868); Warship; Turret ship
Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the port side of the turret ship HMS Monarch (1868), made entirely in wood and painted light pink-brown below the waterline, a narrow white stripe above and black above the waterline with a second white stripe along the gunwale. Hull details include a ram bow, rows of square portholes, propeller and rudder. Other fittings include stump bowsprit, foremast, mainmast and mizzen mast, a single lozenge-shaped funnel painted off-white with an ochre top, and two turrets, each with provision for two guns, fore and aft the funnel. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame with bevelled edge. On backboard ‘Monarch’.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR1001 |
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Collection: | Ship models |
Type: | Half block model |
Display location: | Not on display |
Vessels: | Monarch (1868) |
Date made: | circa 1868 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall model: 363 x 2234 x 187 mm; Backboard: 444 x 2355 x 24 mm |