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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A contemporary half block model of the HMS Cressy (1853), a steam 80 gun, two-decker ship of the line.
Plaques inscribed "Cressy, 80 guns", "Presented by Capt. C.H. Read. Edmondstone. Royal R.........." and "218. Cressy - 80 guns - 1853. Built at Chatham Originally designed (1846) as a sailing ship. She was converted into a screw ship while on the stocks. Sold in 1867. Dimensions: - Length 198ft 5in Beam 55ft.".
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caption: HMS Cressy 1853 - broadside | 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 Cressy (1853) blocks models (representations) Mercury Naval College (Mercury Collection) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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