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Description: | Bow of HMS "Barfleur", Battleship, 1892 Block model designed by C T Glenn, RCNC, Chief Constructor, Chatham, for the launch of the "Barfleu", 10 April 1892. This model shows the cradle arrangements adopted for supporting the weight of the ship's fore-end. Notice the iron figurehead above the crest and the ram-like bow beneath the waterline. Left over from an earlier time, the ram-bow, inteded to sink the enemy by direct impact, emphasized the tactical importance still attached to close-range action. The first battleship to have hooded barbettes and big guns with all-round loading positions, the "Barfleur" was the last to have main protective deck across the armour belt's top. Built: Royal Dockyard, Chatham. Tonnage: 10,500 (displacement)
Scale: 1:48. A contemporary and realistically painted model of the bow section of H.M.S Barfleur depicted on a launching cradle and made almost entirely in wood with some metal fittings. The hull is painted brick red below the waterline with a fine yellow ochre stripe above and black upper works. There is a yellow stripe along the hull just below deck level, and the two hawseholes on the starboard side and single hawsehole on the port side are painted red inside. The crest at the bow depicts a lion rampant above a heraldic shield. The deck of the section is devoid of detail apart from the hawsehole outlets, and is painted yellow ochre. The rear section is also painted yellow ochre and bears a hand painted inscription which reads:`Barfleur Arrangement for Launching at HM Dockyards, Chatham on August 10th 1892 Designed by C T Glenn, R.C.N.C, Chief Constructor'. The section of slipway launch cradle forms part of the baseboard and is realistically depicted in polished wood with metal fittings. The model is attached to the cradle by a pair of hinges screwed to the rear of the section. The model is displayed on a rectangular mahogany baseboard with bevelled edges on four bun feet.
CA: AAA.
caption: Bow of the Barfleur 1892 - starboard broadside
caption: Bow of the Barfleur 1892 - rear section and inscription
caption: Bow of the Barfleur 1892 - bow raised to showmlaunching cradles
caption: unavailable | 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 Barfleur 1892 models (representations) sectional models | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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