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Description: | Scale: Unknown. A model depicting the round-headed rudder of the American sloop USS 'Peacock'. The model has been made in mahogany and stained and polished a light brown colour. The model shows the rudder and the part of the stern to which it is fixed. A small section of deck is also shown together with a supporting deck beam, under which a brass tiller can be used to operate the rudder.
A small section of the stern itself above the rudder is shown and a hand written inscription is marked on it which reads "Model of the rudder of the American sloop Peacock. Copied from Captain Sherriff. Sent from Woolwich Yard Dec 1828". A paper label is applied to the port side of the model marked "10".
CA: BAA.
caption: Sectional model rudder - 'Peacock' (1828) | 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 Peacock fl.1828 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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