HMS Duke of Edinburgh (1904); Warship; Cruiser; Armoured cruiser

Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the starboard side of the armoured cruiser HMS Duke of Edinburgh (1904), made entirely in wood and painted pink-brown below the waterline and black above the waterline. Hull features include a ram bow; two rows of portholes; starboard bilge keel; two starboard hawse holes; five gun placements amidships; and a balanced rudder. Other features and fittings include a long fore deck with a gun mounted on it, the barrel painted black, foremast and bridge; four funnels inline, all painted ochre, mounted on grey-coloured superstructures; mainmast; and a single gun aft, the barrel painted black. 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 ‘Duke of Edinburgh’.

Object Details

ID: SLR1356
Collection: Ship models
Type: Half block model
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Duke of Edinburgh (1904)
Date made: circa 1904
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model: 450 x 3190 x 227 mm; Backboard: 490 x 3265 x 35 mm