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Description: | Scale: Unknown. A sectional model showing the principle of supporting and connecting wooden deck beams to a ship's side using iron knees. The model is made entirely of wood, with the deck beam, planking and waterways painted a creamy white with the iron knee and clamping strake painted a gloss black. The knee itself is complete with a reinforced head of a riveted construction, as well as the clamping strake. According to the catalogue the purpose of the model is to show how the iron knee is connected to the beam by a series of eight iron bolts.
CA: AAA.Mentioned in the1876 Royal Naval Museum Catalogue pg 30 Victory, No 24 'Plan for connecting beams' with reference to the South Kensington Museum Catalogue, page 134, No 158.
There is a similar reference in the 1913 catalogue Cumberland Room, No 13 Case, No 16 but the year is 1833.
caption: Beam showing bracket
caption: Beam showing clamp | 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 Committee of Master Shipwrights models (representations) Naval Models Catalogue sectional models South Kensington Museum | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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