Bengal (1868); Cargo vessel; Ship
Scale: Unknown. A half block model of the starboard side of the three-masted cargo ship 'Bengal' (1868), made entirely in wood, painted and polished. The hull is polished wood below the waterline and black above. The hull has a clipper bow. Fittings include figurehead and decorated trail boards, a stump bowsprit, foremast, mainmast and mizzen mast, rudder, and stern gallery windows. There is a forecastle and poop. The model is displayed on a rectangular wooden backboard with bevelled edges. On starboard bow ‘Bengal’.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR1009 |
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Collection: | Ship models |
Type: | Half block model |
Display location: | Not on display |
Vessels: | Bengal (1868) |
Date made: | circa 1868 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Chatham storage measurement: 360 mm x 1630 mm x 150 mm |