HMS Amethyst (1903); Warship; Cruiser; Third class cruiser
Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the starboard side of the third class cruiser HMS Amethyst (1903), made entirely in wood and painted pink-brown below the waterline and black above. Hull features include a ram bow; two rows of portholes; starboard hawse hole and long bilge keel; placements for five guns on the starboard main deck; and a balanced rudder. Other features and fittings include a long fore deck with a gun mounted, painted grey; stump foremast and mainmast (mainmast currently missing); and three inline funnels painted ochre, the foremost one slightly more slender than the others. A second small gun is mounted on the aft deck. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame. On plaque attached to top right-hand side of backboard ‘Amethyst’.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR1344 |
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Collection: | Ship models |
Type: | Half block model |
Display location: | Not on display |
Vessels: | Amethyst (1903) |
Date made: | circa 1903 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall model: 330 x 2365 x 128 mm; Backboard: 390 x 2333 x 17 mm |