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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A block design model of the ?Royal George? (1788), a 100-gun, three-decker ship of the line. Built as a replacement for the ship of the same name lost in 1782, the ?Royal George? was launched at Chatham in 1784. It and its sister ship ?Queen Charlotte? were larger than previous first rates, with a length on the gun deck of 190 feet. It served throughout the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and was broken up in 1822.
CA: BAB. Built as a replacement for the ship of the same name lost in 1782, the ?Royal George? was launched at Chatham in 1784. It and its sister ship ?Queen Charlotte? were larger than previous first rates, with a length on the gun deck of 190 feet. It served throughout the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and was broken up in 1822.
caption: Roayal George 1788 - port broadside
caption: Roayal George 1788 - bow three quarter
caption: Roayal George 1788 - stern quarter | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum Royal Naval College Museum Catalogue Royal George (1788) blocks models (representations) South Kensington Museum Naval Models Catalogue | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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