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Description: | Scale:Unknown. A contemporary half block model of a powered general cargo ship, circa 1860. The hull is constructed from solid wood planks in bread and butter fashion, lightly stained and varnished. The bow has a very narrow entry with a vertical stem, and leads into a very shallow and wide draughted midship section. At the stern, there is a rudder mounted to a skeg which is located under the long and tapering counter. The whole model is mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard which has been lightly stained and varnished. On the reverse is a handwritten inscription(faint) stating that the model reputedly represents the first vessel on the Thames fitted with a screw.
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Reputedly the first cargo vessel on the Thames with screw.
caption: River Launch - broadside
caption: Design, Half block model | 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 blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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