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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A contemporary full hull model of the Somerset (1738), an East Indiaman cargo vessel, built plank on frame in the Navy Board style. The model is decked. The Somerset is the oldest model of an East Indiaman in the Museum collection and one of the oldest in the country. The model is in the style of the Navy Board models, though with some anomalies and built to a slightly lower standard.
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The Somerset was probably about 148� feet long and 32 feet in the beam. It weighed approximately 948 tons, and carried between 50 and 60 guns. It was of a similar size and armament of a navy 60-gunner, but had a fuller hull for carrying cargo. It made two trade voyages to India between 1738 and 1748. In 1745 a letter of marque was issued that enabled it to undertake operations against ?ships, vessels and goods belonging to France and Spain?. It made two further voyages under this letter, to St Helena and Bencoolen in 1745?46, and to Bengal in 1747?48.
caption: Somerset (1738)
caption: East Indiaman Somerset 1738 - port broadside
caption: East Indiaman Somerset 1738 - starboard broadside
caption: East Indiaman Somerset 1738 - bow three quarter
caption: East Indiaman Somerset 1738 - stern quarter
caption: East Indiaman Somerset 1738 - stern gallery
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caption: Somerset | 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 Somerset 1738 full hull ship models | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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