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Description: | Scale: 1:24. A contemporary half block model of the racing yacht Corsair(1832). The hull is made entirely of wood and is painted a mid brown colour below the waterline with black topsides and a creamy white flush deck above. It has a slightly raked stem running aft to a flat horizontal keel, with angled stern post fitted with a rudder. The whole model is mounted on a wooden rectangular backboard painted a blue/grey colour.
CA: BAC. Science Museum catalogue 1911, page 107 states "This yacht was built by Mr Michael Ratsey at Cowes, in 1832. She was a good sea boat and a successful ocean racer. Length, extreme 74ft.; length on keel, 57.75ft.; breadth, 18.5ft.;tonnage(b.o.m), 84.9 tons."
caption: Corsair
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | 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 Corsair 1832 blocks models (representations) Michael Ratsey | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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