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Description: | Scale: circa 1:36. A full hull model of a ship-rigged three-masted cargo vessel (possibly 1800) made entirely in wood and either stained or patinated a dark brown finish. The hull is planked below the waterline. Fittings include a figurehead in the form of a female figure; bowsprit, lower foremast with its top, lower mainmast with its top and lower mizzen mast; channels for all three masts; eighteen gunports on the main deck; windlass; hatch covers or companion ladders covered by gratings and a sheltered companion way aft; ship?s wheel and stern and quarter galleries. The model is mounted on a pair of wooden crutches connected by a stretcher. On label ?Previous owner Anderson RC ?.
CA: BBB.
caption: Cargo vessel, port broadside
caption: Cargo vessel, port stern quarter | 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 full hull ship models | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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