Component model; Frame model

Scale: Not to scale. A frame model depicting a full floor (pre 1814).The model is made entirely in wood which has been stained and varnished. The component parts are annotated with printed paper labels marked 'Floor', 'Limber hole' and 'Keel'. The floor section is attached to a short section of keel and two short sections of planking either side of it. There are two limber holes in the bottom of the floor either side of the keel.

Object Details

ID: SLR2885
Collection: Ship models
Type: Component model; Frame model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Lees, James
Date made: 1977-1978
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model: 31 x 18 x 177 mm