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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A contemporary (?) half block model of the Fenix (1749), a Spanish 80 gun two-decked ship of the line. A plaque is inscribed "Fenix 80 Spanish, 1749 Built at Havana. Captured in 1780 and renamed Gibraltar. Hulk 1813. Broken up 1836 Dimensions: - Gundeck 178ft 10 3/4in Beam 53ft 3 1/4in". The number "(19)" is on the backboard.
CA: AAB. Cited as coming from the Admiralty, Somerset House according to Callender's Ledger (NMM 22/1).
caption: Fenix (1749) - broadside
caption: Fenix (1749) - 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 Gibraltar (1749) Royal Naval College Museum Catalogue Fenix (1749) blocks models (representations) South Kensington Museum Naval Models Catalogue | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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