Component model; Sectional model

Scale: Unknown. A sectional model depicting a plan for connecting beams to ship sides, with iron knees under the beams and chocks behind the knees. The side of the ship, beam and chock have been made in mahogany and varnished and the iron knee has been depicted in lacquered iron. The knee has been nailed to the wooden parts to resemble iron bolts. A small paper label marked "21" has been applied to the inner face of the ships hull.

Object Details

ID: SLR2333
Collection: Ship models
Type: Component model; Sectional model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: circa 1834
People: South Kensington Museum
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Measurements: Overall model: 230 mm x 129 mm x 169 mm