HMS King Edward VII (1903); Warship; Battleship; First class battleship

Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the port side of the first class battleship HMS King Edward VII (1903), made entirely in wood and painted pink-brown below the waterline and grey above. Hull details include a ram bow; two rows of portholes fore and aft; port hawse hole and bilge keel; and balanced rudder. The gun turrets, superstructures and most of the fittings are painted a uniform grey. Features and fittings include a pair of large gun turrets fore and aft, with a smaller pair mounted on the port side fore and aft of amidships; bridge abaft the forward turret and smaller superstructure forward of the aft turret; two funnel mountings with a stump funnels; and stump foremast and mainmast. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame.

Object Details

ID: SLR1343
Collection: Ship models
Type: Half block model
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: King Edward VII (1903)
Date made: circa 1903
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model: 477 x 2795 x 392 mm