HMS Kent(1926); Fighting vessel; Cruiser; County class

Scale:Unknown. A contemporary model of gun turret on HMS Kent (1926), a county class cruiser. It has been made either cast or soldered brass sheet and silver plated. Both the barrels and turret move and are mounted on a turned circular made material base to which is a silver plaque is pinned and inscribed "HMS Kent March 16th 1926 Presented by R N Gunnery School Chatham".

Object Details

ID: SLR2959
Collection: Ship models
Type: Equipment model; Ordnance model
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Kent 1926
Date made: circa 1926
People: Royal Naval Gunnery School, Chatham
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 80 mm x 180 mm x 110 mm; Overall model: 82 x 153 x 102 mm