Frame model; Sectional model; Midship model
Scale: Unknown. The model represents the midship section of a vessel and is made almost entirely out of wood together with a number of brass pins which has been finished in a dark-brown stained colour and varnished overall. It consists of a pair of frames set between the keel and keelson at the base and held together at the top by a crosspall. The frames consists of floors, futtocks, and top timbers which are all butted together with square ends. There is a series of chocks between each frame. Model marked: 'B', 'Square Butt', '8' and '17'. One of a pair of midship frame sections comparing method of construction pre 1814 and post 1814: see SLR2211.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR2212 |
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Collection: | Ship models |
Type: | Frame model; Sectional model; Midship model |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Unknown |
Date made: | Unknown |
People: | South Kensington Museum |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall model: 575 mm x 55 mm x 756 mm |