Scale: 1:24. A contemporary full hull plank on frame model of an armed cutter (1790), fully rigged with mast and spars, mounted on a rather crude, and possibly later, wooden baseboard. It has a laid-plank deck on which are mounted a variety of fittings including cargo hatches, anchor windlass, copper-lined scuppers and a chain locker just forward of the mast. The shape of the hull, especially the bow area, illustrates the influence of the Dutch single-masted vessels, with the high curved stem and rather bluff shape to the planking. A notable feature of this model are the davits mounted on the stern from which a small cutter or jollyboat was rigged. These davits were only introduced during the late 18th century, but were later removed on smaller vessels on the grounds of safety.

The hull is pierced for ten guns, probably carronades, and because these cutters were so fast and easily handled, they performed a range of duties for the navy such as scouting and carrying despatches, as well as combating smuggling by the Revenue Service and Coastguard.