HMS Victory (1765); Warship; First rate 100 gun

Scale:Unknown. Sectional model depicting the midship upper gun deck of HMS Victory (1765), a first rate 100-gun warship. The model is constructed plank on frame and finished in a natural varnished wood. The model illustrates a section of the hull which includes a single gunport surrounded by planking both externally and internally, a section of the unplanked deck with the beams, knees, carlings and ledges exposed, hatch coambing and a laid deck with fitted treenails. There is also a fully equipped cannon, turned in brass and finished in a bronze/black colour, mounted on a four-wheeled wooden carriage complete with rope rigging. Other equipment includes a wooden bucket with brass strapping, a flexible rope rammer/sponger, a pair of wooden spikes, 19 out of 23 metal shot mounted on the hatch garlands and hanging in metal supports from the deck beam is a wormer, sponger and rammer.

Object Details

ID: SLR2982
Collection: Ship models
Type: Sectional model; Gun model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Cassell, A.
Vessels: Victory (1765)
Date made: ca.1765-1782
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Chatham storage measurement: 200 mm x 285 mm x 190 mm
Parts: HMS Victory (1765); Warship; First rate 100 gun
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