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Description: | Scale: 1:24. Model of a section of hull of a warship with an entry port and two landing stages linked by accommodation ladders. The model has been realistically painted, with the hull below the waterline painted dark ochre to simulate coppering, with a thin off-white line above, and the remainder of the hull painted black with two broad white bands along the gun decks. The upper gun deck has two gun ports depicted, whilst on the deck below it shows three gun ports. The ports themselves are blanked off, painted black with red edging.
The inner face of the model is painted off-white and is supported by two mahogany crutches. The crutches and the model are mounted onto a simple wooden baseboard, with a bevelled front edge.
CA: BAB.Cited as coming from the Admiralty, Somerset House according to Callender's Ledger (NMM 22/1).
caption: Warship - showing accommodation ladder c.1867 | 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 Royal Naval College Museum Catalogue 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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