HMS Rattlesnake; Warship; Torpedo boat

Scale: 1:24. A half block model of the port side of the torpedo boat HMS Rattlesnake (1886), made entirely in wood with metal fittings and painted in realistic colours. The hull is painted brick red below the waterline and black above. Details include ram bow; bow torpedo tube; stump foremast and mainmast; and single funnel painted ochre. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame with bevelled edge. On backboard ‘(31)’.

Object Details

ID: SLR1165
Collection: Ship models
Type: Half block model
Display location: Not on display
Date made: circa 1886
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model: 102 x 678 x 43 mm; Backboard: 161 x 814 x 19 mm