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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A block design model of the ?Victory? (1737), a 100-gun, three-decker ship of the line. The name ?Victory? is marked on stern. If the beam is taken as moulded as in the ?Princessa? model (SLR0441), the dimensions fit the Establishments of 1719 and 1733 for 100-gun ships. The distribution of ports and deadeyes visible on the starboard side beneath the overpainting does not agree with that shown either by SLR0512 or by the contemporary draughts of the ?Victory?. This model may represent an early stage in the design.
The only 100-gun first rate built to the 1733 Establishment was the ill-fated ?Victory?, which was being built around the same time as this model. It was launched in 1738. It was only marginally longer (by nine inches), and wider (by six inches) than the 1719 Establishment ships like the ?Royal William?. It was, however, armed with heavier guns, carrying twenty-eight 32- or 42-pound guns on the gun deck, twenty-eight 24-pounders on the middle deck, twenty-eight 12-pounders on the upper deck, twelve 6-pounders on the quarterdeck and four 6-pounders on the forecastle. It was the last first rate to be armed only with brass guns.
The ?Victory? joined the Channel Fleet in 1741 after being repaired following a collision with the ?Lion? in 1740. In April and May 1744, it served on the Lisbon convoy before becoming Admiral Balchen?s flagship later that year. The ship is best known as ?Balchen?s Victory?, after the Admiral, lost when it sank without trace in October 1744.
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The only 100-gun first rate built to the 1733 Establishment was the ill-fated Victory, which was being built around the same time as this model. It was launched in 1738. It was only marginally longer (by nine inches), and wider (by six inches) than the 1719 Establishment ships like the ?Royal William?. It was, however, armed with heavier guns, carrying twenty-eight 32- or 42-pound guns on the gun deck, twenty-eight 24-pounders on the middle deck, twenty-eight 12-pounders on the upper deck, twelve 6-pounders on the quarterdeck and four 6-pounders on the forecastle. It was the last first rate to be armed only with brass guns.
The ?Victory? joined the Channel Fleet in 1741 after being repaired following a collision with the ?Lion? in 1740. In April and May 1744, it served on the Lisbon convoy before becoming Admiral Balchen?s flagship later that year. The ship is best known as ?Balchen?s Victory?, after the Admiral, lost when it sank without trace in October 1744.
caption: 'Victory' (1737) - starboard broadside
caption: 'Victory' (1737) - port three quarter view
caption: 'Victory' (1737) - starboard quarter view | 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) blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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