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Description: | Scale: 1:24. A full hull model of an eight-oared whaleboat made entirely in wood and painted in realistic colours. The hull has been carved from the solid and is complete with the floors and steamed frames. The hull is painted black with a light blue wash strake, narrow yellow line above and black gunwales. Fittings and equipment include seven thwarts, two of which are fitted to take a mast and sail. In the stern sheets there is a backboard whilst along the gunwales, ivory has been used to show the metal fittings such as the beds for the rowlocks and the cappings at the bow and stern. The model is mounted on a pair of turned wooden pillar supports and displayed on a rectangular mahogany baseboard with rounded edges and bun feet.
CA: AAA.
caption: Full hull model, 8 oared whaleboat, starboard � bow
caption: Double ended whaleboat - starboard broadside
caption: Double ended whaleboat - three quarter bow
caption: Woolwich dockyard model - quarter stern
caption: Full hull model, 8 oared whaleboat, starboard broadside | 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 South Kensington Museum Naval Models Catalogue | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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