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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the starboard side of the battleship HMS Rodney (1884), made entirely in wood and painted dark brown below the waterline, a narrow white stripe above and black above the waterline. The paint has an overall distressed patina. Hull details include a ram bow, rudder and starboard propeller shaft housing and mounting. Other features and fittings include superstructure placed amidships with a gun turret placed fore and abaft of it, and two funnels (missing). The model is displayed on a rectangular backboard unevenly painted white. Hand-rendered on plaque attached to bulwark in centre of model ?Rodney Battleship Launched 8.10.84?. On bottom right-hand corner of backboard ?Rodney?.
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caption: HMS Rodney 1884 - broadside | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Rodney 1884 blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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