Fighting vessel; 36 guns
Scale: Unknown. A full hull model of a 36-gun warship (circa 1700), made entirely in wood with faint traces of blue, red, white and brown paint. The hull is made plank-on-frame with a red-painted panel and decoratively carved and blue-painted frieze above that run along the poop deck. There are four circular gunports on the poop. The main gundeck has fourteen square gunports with a white stripe connecting them. Much of the model is damaged or missing but the main and poop decks are largely intact. Fittings include a tabernacle forward and provision for the mainmast. The inboard bulkheads are painted red. The carved and highly decorated stern includes an unidentified coat-of-arms supported by a pair of cherubs or angels, four open circular gunports and two square gunports with lids, a closed gallery with five arched windows and the remains of the starboard stern quarter gallery.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR2712 |
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Collection: | Ship models |
Type: | Full hull model; Plank-on-frame |
Display location: | Not on display |
Date made: | 1771 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall model: 475 x 1515 x 320 mm |
Parts: | Fighting vessel; 36 guns |