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Description: | Scale: 48. A cotemporary full hull model of a shot proof mortar boat as proposed by Sir William Congreve in 1805-9. The central battery on deck is covered by an angled roof which is removable on the model to show the interior layout. There are also a number of smaller gunports from which either small arms fire or rockets could be worked. The double-ended hull has rudders at either end, both of which can be locked in line with the hull, which are supposed to prevent tacking while bombarding a target ashore or afloat. At this scale, the model represents a vessel measuring 120 feet in length by 30 feet in the beam.
CA: BBC.
caption: Mortar boat - broadside
caption: Mortar boat - three quarter view
caption: Mortar boat - quarter view
caption: Mortar boat - plan view - lid off | 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 | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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