Warship; Turret ship

Scale: Unknown. A half block model of the starboard side of a belted turret ship, made entirely in wood and polished a golden brown finish with darker staining. The hull is carved from two horizontal sections of timber the joint of which is roughly where the waterline would be if it were depicted. The joint has opened up slightly at the stern of the model. The model is displayed on a rectangular wooden plank-like backboard, stained or patinated a dark brown finish. On label attached to right-hand side of backboard ‘Belted turret ship 240 x 50 x 18 feet Draft Displacement 4000 Tons IHP 5250 Speed (estimated) 13 Knots. Armament 2 x 2.25 ton and 3 x 6 inch guns. A Dewy (?) W Jacobsen’.

Object Details

ID: SLR1281
Collection: Ship models
Type: Half block model
Display location: Not on display
Date made: circa 1896
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Chatham storage measurement: 230 mm x 2030 mm x 190 mm