HMS Princess Charlotte (1825); Warship; 104 guns

Scale: Unknown. A model of the elliptical stern of HMS Princess Charlotte (1825) made entirely in wood and painted in realistic colours. The port side of the model shows the stern in frame with the starboard side as completed. The port side is made from solid wood with the main frames painted and grained. A total of thirteen gunports are shown, three of which are incomplete, three entry ports for the stern quarter galleries and two entry ports for the open stern galleries. The inboard of the hull is similarly shown in frame. The starboard side is painted black with three broad off-white stripes along the three gundecks. Four gunports are shown on the lowest deck, one gunport on the deck above and two gunports on the main gundeck. In addition two gunports are shown on the upper gundeck and five gunports on the poop deck. All the gunports are depicted open with no lid, their inner faces painted red. The two open stern galleries have balustrades with diamond-shaped decoration. There are five decks shown in position, painted and varnished to resemble planking. The section face of the hull is grained. The inboard gundecks have fixings for the guns.

Object Details

ID: SLR2227
Collection: Ship models
Type: Stern model; Waterline model; Sectional model; Half hull model; Half frame model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Vessels: Princess Charlotte (1825)
Date made: Unknown
People: Seppings, Robert; South Kensington Museum
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Measurements: Overall model: 490 x 516 x 618 mm