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Description: | Scale: Unknown. A model of a section of a ship's hull showing a gunport and the method for securing it made entirely in wood with metal fittings and painted in realistic colours. The hull is painted black with a broad white stripe along the gundeck. The inboard hull, and framing are painted a uniform white. The gunport lid opens upwards on two hinges and can be secured in the closed position by a horizontal brass bar which is connected to two hooks that can be tightened with ring bolts.
CA: BAC.Cited as coming from the Admiralty, Somerset House. Also cited as coming from the Royal Naval Museum but no definite reference could be found in the 1913 catalogue. Suggest No 5 Case, page 79 Nos 5, 7etc or page 20, No 4 Case, Nos 10, 13, 14.
caption: Gunport lid - exterior view
caption: Gunport lid - interior 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 models (representations) Naval Models Catalogue sectional models South Kensington Museum | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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