Scale: 1:24. Model of a longitudinal midship section of the sloop HMS Nymphe (1866) showing the ventilation system from the bilges and below deck. The model is made of wood and metal. The lower hull is painted a copper colour to indicate sheathing below the waterline while the upperworks are finished in black, the whole of which is divided by a thin white line at the waterline. The hull is pierced with two gunports which are painted white internally and five ventilation ports which are edged in red.Internally the hull is finished in a cream white colour with fittings such as the deck, planking and bulwarks finished in natural varnished wood. The upper deck is complete with four pairs of bow-shackles and four eyebolts, either side of the two gunports. The lower deck is complete with a number of circular deck pillars supporting the deck beams above and a longitudinal box trunking painted grey with two sliding hatches painted black. Running from the keelson through both decks is a hollow metal mast which carries tubes for conveying foul air from the bilges and in between decks to above deck. There is also a large rectangular block representing six boilers, the main body of which is painted a blood red with the furnace face fittings drawn on in ink on paper. Where the hull has been sectioned along the keel and through the frames, the construction details such as the timber and grain has been drawn on by hand. The model is mounted on a polished mahogany baseboard and is supported by two turned wooden pillars at the turn of the bilge. Label reads "HMS Nymphe (half section on a 1/2in scale) Shewing Dr Edmonds system of ventilation, as adopted in that and other vessels 1866".