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Description: | Scale: 1:12. A contemporary full hull working model of a 35-foot launch as proposed by McEwan in 1863. The hull is carved from a solid block of wood and is painted black on the upper works and interior, and white along and below the waterline. It is fitted with a single screw, which is propelled by a crank mechanism worked by 12 oarsmen pulling on double banked wooden bars. At this scale, the model represents a vessel measuring 34 feet in length by 9 feet in the beam.
CA: BAB. Possibly referenced in the Royal Naval College Museum Catalogue, page 102, Windsor Castle Room, No 4 Case, No1 or page 104, Windsor Castle Room, No 11 Case , No 5.
caption: Launch - starboard broadside
caption: Launch - starboard quarter view
caption: Launch - port three quarter view
caption: Launch - stern deck detail | 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 Mr Mr (designer) McEwan South Kensington Museum Naval Models Catalogue | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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