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Description: | Scale: Unknown. A full hull model of an 8-gun topsail schooner (circa 1850) made entirely in wood with metal and organic material fittings and painted in realistic colours. The hull is painted a copper finish below the waterline, with a windlass for working them; a pair of boats stowed on davits on the port and starboard sides; a spare spar or yard stowed on the starboard side; and an ensign staff at the stern. The model is mounted on a pair of shaped wooden crutches and displayed on a rectangular wooden baseboard. On plaque ?Model of topsail schooner presented to the R.N. Museum by R. Lionel. Foster. Esq.?.
CA: ABB.
caption: Topsail schooner - starboard broadside
caption: Topsail schooner
caption: Topsail schooner - starboard quarter | 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 R Lionel Foster full hull ship models Royal Naval College Museum | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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