Troop Landing Boat

Scale: 1:24. Georgian full hull model of a troopboat (circa 1758), a support craft. Model is decked and equipped. Contains fifty-eight figures (sixteen of them are rowing). These do not look contemporary; they are not in the same scale as the vessel. One of a set of four troopboat models on loan from Greenwich Hospital (see related items). Model is distinguished by figure manning the cannon.

Object Details

ID: SLR2539
Collection: Ship models
Type: Georgian, Full hull model
Display location: Not on display
Date made: circa 1758
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection
Measurements: Overall model: 115 x 450 x 300 mm