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Description: | Scale: Unknown. Model showing a proposed self freeing launching wedge, made in wood and painted in a dark brown varnish. A short section of keel has been depicted and beneath this there are two wooden chocks separated by a pair of lacquer-coated brass wedges. These wedges have been placed side by side and are pointing in opposite directions. The model has been secured to a rectangular baseboard which has also been painted in dark brown varnish. A label marked "20" has been applied to one corner of the baseboard. The baseboard is supported by a pair of roughly made mahogany feet.
CA: BAB.
This proposal was not adopted.
caption: Launching wedge | 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 launching wedges models (representations) Naval Models Catalogue South Kensington Museum | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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