HMS Adventure (1904); Warship; Cruiser; Scout cruiser
Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the starboard side of the scout cruiser HMS Adventure (1904), made entirely in wood and painted pink-brown below the waterline, a narrow white stripe above, black above the waterline. Hull features include two rows of portholes; starboard bilge keel; and a balanced rudder. Other features and fittings include a long fore deck with a gun mounted, painted black, foremast and bridge; long superstructure supporting four funnels inline, all painted ochre, funnels one and four being more slender than funnels two and three; a total of five ventilators, painted ochre, four of which are positioned abaft each funnel; and single gun aft. 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 ‘Adventure’.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR1355 |
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Collection: | Ship models |
Type: | Half block model |
Display location: | Not on display |
Vessels: | Adventure (1904) |
Date made: | circa 1904 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Chatham storage measurement: 365 mm x 2570 mm x 170 mm |
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