HMS Emerald (1856); Warship; 51 guns

Scale: 1:24. Model depicting the elliptical stern of HMS Emerald (1856) made entirely of wood with metal fittings and painted in realistic colours. The hull is painted black with a broad white stripe aloPagng the gundeck. Two gunports are shown on the gundeck together with three stern chasers and a total of eight gunports on the poop deck. All gunports are shown open without lids, their inner faces painted red. Both stern quarter galleries have four nine light windows, one on each side being shown partly open. Two nine light windows are shown on the stern gallery, beneath them is written "Emerald". Flush with the deck section are two channels, each with five deadeyes.

Object Details

ID: SLR2239
Collection: Ship models
Type: Stern model; Sectional model; Waterline model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Vessels: Emerald (1856)
Date made: 1856
People: South Kensington Museum
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Measurements: Overall model: 256 mm x 557 mm x 423 mm