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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A contemporary full hull model 'Minerva' (1780), a 38-gun frigate, built in 'bread and butter' fashion, planked and finished in the Georgian style. Model is partially decked, equipped and mounted on modern hull crutches. It has been identified by comparison to the original ship plans held in the NMM collection, as well as by the presence of a carved owl on the stern decoration, a figure associated with the 'Minerva?.
Built at the Royal Dockyard, Woolwich, it had a gun deck length of 141 feet by 39 feet in the beam and a tonnage of 940 (builders old measurement). The 'Minerva? was the first of a group of five 38-gun frigates built with identical dimensions. It took part in Admiral William Hotham?s action off Genoa in 1795 and was later renamed 'Pallas? in 1798. It was eventually sold for breaking up in 1803.
CA: AAA. Quarter gallery on port side needs repairing.
Built at the Royal Dockyard, Woolwich, it had a gun deck length of 141 feet by 39 feet in the beam and a tonnage of 940 (builders old measurement). The Minerva was the first of a group of five 38-gun frigates built with identical dimensions. It took part in Admiral William Hotham?s action off Genoa in 1795 and was later renamed Pallas in 1798. It was eventually sold for breaking up in 1803.
caption: 'Minerva' frigate - starboard broadside
caption: 'Minerva frigate' - bow three quarter
caption: 'Minerva frigate' - stern quarter
caption: 'Minerva frigate' - figurehead
caption: 'Minerva' frigate - midship chain pumps
caption: 'Minerva' frigate - galley stove top
caption: 'Minerva' frigate - galley stove and belfry
caption: 'Minerva', 38 guns | 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 Minerva 1780 full hull ship models | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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