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Description: | Scale: 1:24. A contemporary full hull plank on frame model of the merchantman ?Zingari? (1855), fully rigged with masts? spars and sails (now detached and stored separately). This large scale and highly detailed model was once fully rigged with all its sails, including skysails and stunsails, as well as being wired for internal illumination since it is fully fitted out below decks. Together with the presence of scuttles, to give light on the lower deck, it suggests a vessel intended to make fast passages with passengers, but neither the lines nor the proportions on the model are those of a clipper. At this scale, the model represents a vessel measuring 172 feet in length by 36 feet in the beam.
Even though the name appears on the stern, it has not been possible to identify it with an actual ship, but suggestions in the past have ranged from an East Indiaman to a Blackwall Frigate.
CA: AAA.
caption: Zingari 1855/6 - Port broadside
caption: Zingari 1855/6 - bow three quarter
caption: Zingari 1855/6 - stern quarter
caption: Zingari 1855/6 - stern
caption: Zingari 1855/6 - figurehead | 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 James Caird full hull ship models Zingari fl.1855 Mercury Naval College (Mercury Collection) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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