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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A contemporary full hull model of the 51-gun steam frigate HMS ?Immortalite? (1859). The hull is painted copper to indicate sheathing below the waterline, whilst above on deck are fitted a number of fixtures including a double wheel, stump masts and bowsprit, a chimney for the galley stove, a telescopic funnel in the lowered position and single capstan. The bow is decorated with a half bust figurehead whilst there is an open gallery around the stern under which is painted its name on a scroll on the counter.
The ?Immortalite? was built at Pembroke Dockyard and measured 251 feet in length by 52 feet in the beam and had a tonnage of 3984 displacement. She was originally ordered as a 60-gun sailing frigate but was later reordered and converted for screw propulsion. Her length was increased which resulted in her being the fastest wooden warship under sail, allegedly attaining a speed of 12 knots. After a fairly uneventful career spent mainly in port at Plymouth and Portsmouth, the ?Immortalite? was eventually struck off the Navy List and broken up in 1883.
CA: AAB. Anderson's catalogue (1952) references the Royal Naval Museum Catalogue (1913), pg 47, Vanguard Room (West), No 10 Case, No 1.
The Immortalite was built at Pembroke Dockyard and measured 251 feet in length by 52 feet in the beam and had a tonnage of 3984 displacement. She was originally ordered as a 60-gun sailing frigate but was later reordered and converted for screw propulsion. Her length was increased which resulted in her being the fastest wooden warship under sail, allegedly attaining a speed of 12 knots. After a fairly uneventful career spent mainly in port at Plymouth and Portsmouth, the Immortalite was eventually struck off the Navy List and broken up in 1883.
caption: Immortalite - starboard boadside
caption: Immortalite - starboard quarter view
caption: Immortalite - port three quarter view | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Immortalite (1859) Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum Royal Naval College Museum Catalogue full hull ship models | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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