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Description: | Scale: 1:24. A model of the stern of HMS Kent (1798) showing the timbering, made entirely in wood. It has been made in two halves with the starboard side depicting the vessel as finished from the waterline up the hull is painted black with a white line along the gun deck. The port side shows the timbering arrangements which have been painted on and varnished. Thirteen of the fourteen gun ports on both halves of the model are finished with a red interior. There is a small semi-circular quarter gallery on each half with the addition of a glazed window gun port on the port side at the stern. Both the interior and upper gun deck are painted a creamy yellow with the bulwarks painted an emerald green with a black wooden capping.
CA: BAB.
Please note that this model has been incorrectly identified as being HMS Kent (1798). It may show the vessel at a later date when it was cut down as a sheer hulk?
caption: HMS Kent (1798) - stern view as framed
caption: HMS Kent (1798) - stern view as built | 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 Royal Naval College Museum Kent (1798) 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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'Kent'
Stern of H.M.S. "KENT". 1798.…
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