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Equipment model; Propeller model
Scale: 1:13.05. Model depicting a three bladed right hand propeller designed for HMS Javelin (1938) and used for the first extensive steering experiments for destroyers in 1937. The body of the propeller has a wax or resin coating and the boss is pointed. It is mounted on a shaft on an aluminium support in a glass and wooden display case with five other propeller models: see SLR2387, SLR2388, SLR2389, SLR2390 and SLR2392. The display shows a comparison between Froude's propellers circa 1874 and various 20th century designs.
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Object Details
| ID: | SLR2390 |
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| Collection: | Ship models |
| Type: | Equipment model; Propeller model |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Vessels: | Javellin 1938 |
| Date made: | Unknown |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall model and original case: 380 mm x 1480 mm x 373 mm |