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Description: | Scale: 1:34.3. A contemporary full hull model of the 'Victory' (1737), a 100-gun three-decker first-rate ship of the line. Built in 'bread and butter fashion' and finished in the Georgian style, the model is partially decked, fully equipped and rigged. The large scale of this model would support the theory that this was once part of the equipment of the Royal Naval Academy at Portsmouth Dockyard, and used for the educating of young gentlemen to the sea-service. In fact in 1742, six of these young gentlemen wrote to the Navy Board complaining ?the model of the Victory is so small, her rigging so slight, that we cannot learn anything from it, neither do we know anything of rigging or the stowage of anchors or cables, we are quite ignorant of everything that belongeth to sails?. They petitioned the use of an old yacht, converted to two mast to improve them in the art of the rigging of ships and their request was granted.
The 'Victory? itself was built in the Royal Dockyard, Portsmouth and measured 174 feet along the gun deck by 50 feet in the beam and had a tonnage of 1921 (builders old measurement). In 1744, a formidable fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir John Balchen in the 'Victory?, was sent to relieve Gibraltar and drove the French fleet into Cadiz. He was returning to England when his fleet was scattered by a violent gale on 4 October. So much damage was done that the 'Victory? was lost with all hands, nearly 1200 men, on the Casquets, off Alderney, in the Channel Islands.
CA: AAA. SLR0449.1 was a polythene bag containing 2 parts. These have now been reattached to the model. According to Anderson's catalogue (1952) it is referenced in the Royal Naval Museum Catalogue (1913), pg 47, Vanguard Room (West), No 14 Case, No 1.
The large scale of this model would support the theory that this was once part of the equipment of the Royal Naval Academy at Portsmouth Dockyard, and used for the educating of young gentlemen to the sea-service. In fact in 1742, six of these young gentlemen wrote to the Navy Board complaining ?the model of the Victory is so small, her rigging so slight, that we cannot learn anything from it, neither do we know anything of rigging or the stowage of anchors or cables, we are quite ignorant of everything that belongeth to sails?. They petitioned the use of an old yacht, converted to two masts to improve them in the art of the rigging of ships and their request was granted.
The Victory was built in the Royal Dockyard, Portsmouth and measured 174 feet along the gun deck by 50 feet in the beam and had a tonnage of 1921 (builders old measurement). In 1744, a formidable fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir John Balchen in the Victory, was sent to relieve Gibraltar and drove the French fleet into Cadiz. He was returning to England when his fleet was scattered by a violent gale on 4 October. So much damage was done that the Victory was lost with all hands, nearly 1200 men, on the Casquets, off Alderney, in the Channel Islands.
caption: 'Victory', 100 guns
caption: Victory 1737(Balchens) - Port broadside
caption: Victory 1737(Balchens) - Starboard broadside
caption: Victory 1737(Balchens) - Bow three quarter
caption: Victory 1737(Balchens) - Stern quarter
caption: Victory 1737(Balchens) - Port stern quarter detail
caption: Victory 1737 - Stern head on with part mast
caption: Victory 1737 - Stern detail head on
caption: Victory 1737 - Starboard stern quarter detail
caption: Victory 1737 - Castan deck view
caption: Victory 1737 - Castan deck Anchor view
caption: Victory 1737 - Mast detail
caption: Victory 1737 - 3 x Mast detail
caption: Victory 1737 - Starboard bow anchor detail
caption: Victory 1737 - Starboard bow anchor/foredeck
caption: Victory 1737 - Starboard figurehead detail
caption: Victory 1737 - Figurehead detail
caption: Victory 1737 - Mast bow sprite
caption: Victory 1737 - Port figurehead detail
caption: Victory 1737 - Deck wheel detail | 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 Victory (1737) full hull ship models Royal Naval College Museum | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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