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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A contemporary half block model of the 50-gun frigate HMS ?Arethusa? (1849). The hull is carved from wood and assembled in ?bread and butter? construction, painted in black and cream and complete with decks, the whole model is mounted on its original wooden backboard. There is also a plaque, which is inscribed ?Arethusa 50 Guns, 2127 tons, built at Pembroke 1849 (278)?.
This is one of a class of four frigates, the others being HMS ?Constance? (1846), HMS ?Liffey? (1856), HMS ?Octavia? (1849) and HMS ?Sutlej?(1855).
CA: ABB. Cited as coming from the Admiralty, Somerset House according to Callender's Ledger (NMM 22/1).
In 1861, the ?Arethusa? was docked for conversion to a screw frigate and later, in 1874, it became a training ship until 1934 and was subsequently broken up on the Thames by the ship breakers Castle & Co.
caption: HMS Arethusa (1849) - broadside
caption: HMS Arethusa (1849) - bow and figurehead | 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 Constance 1846 Royal Naval College Museum Catalogue Sutlej 1855 Liffey 1856 Arethusa 1849 blocks models (representations) South Kensington Museum Naval Models Catalogue Octavia 1849 | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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