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Description: | Scale: Unknown. A full hull model of a gunboat made entirely in wood and varnished or polished a tan brown finish. The depicted vessel is double-ended and carvel-built and the model is made plank-on-frame. Details include raised bulwarks at the bow and stern that are each fitted with four bitts; two open hatches the larger one being rectangular in shape, the other, square; small circular aperture between the hatches, possibly to accommodate a mast; and two pairs of rails at the bow and stern to facilitate the movement of slide carriages (one rail currently missing or detatched).
CA: BBC.
caption: Ship model - port broadside
caption: Ship model - port three quarter view
caption: Ship model - starboard quarter view | 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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