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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the starboard side of the first class cruiser HMS Blake (1889), made entirely in wood and painted pink-brown below the waterline, a narrow white stripe above and black above the waterline. Hull details include a reinforced ram bow; two rows of portholes, the upper one running along the entire length; two gun placements fore and aft of amidships; starboard bilge keel; rudder; and starboard propeller shaft casing and mounting. Other features and fittings include turtle foredeck; two guns mounted fore and aft; two stump funnels painted green-grey with ochre tops, and stump foremast and mainmast. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame. On plaque attached to top right-hand side of backboard ?Blake?.
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caption: Blake 1889 - broadside | 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 Blake 1889 blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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