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.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR2982 |
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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 |
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HMS Victory (1765); Warship; First rate 100 gun
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