HMS Warrior (1905); 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; two gun placements amidships; and a balanced rudder (currently missing). Other features and fittings include a long fore deck with a gun mounted on it, the barrel painted black, stump foremast and bridge; four funnels inline, all painted ochre, mounted on grey-coloured superstructures; mainmast; three guns on the starboard side amidships all with white-painted turrets and black barrels; stump mainmast atop a superstructure; and a single gun aft, the barrel painted black, identical to the forward gun. 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 ‘Warrior’.

Object Details

ID: SLR1363
Collection: Ship models
Type: Half block model
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Warrior (1905)
Date made: circa 1905
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model: 435 x 3240 x 227 mm; Backboard: 486 x 3295 x 39 mm
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