Warship

Scale: Unknown. A model of a section of gundeck and hull with a muzzle loading gun on a sliding and pivoting gun carriage made in wood and metal and painted in realistic colours. The gundeck is semi-circular and stained and varnished a mid brown finish. The hull section is painted black on the outside with a narrow white stripe and white gunwhale. The inboard section is painted white and the inner faces of the single gunport are red. The gun is turned from a single piece of wood, painted black, with trunnions and a metal hook is inserted into the cascabel. The carriage is attached to a fixing beneath the gunport on which it pivots and the carriage slides back and forth on a single rail. The carriage is equipped with four small wooden trucks.

Object Details

ID: SLR2910
Collection: Ship models
Type: Sectional model; Gun model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: about 1826; about 1868
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model: 230 x 722 x 440 mm
Parts: Warship