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’.

Object Details

ID: SLR1344
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