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Description: | Scale: 1:192. A half block model of the starboard side of the torpedo gunboat HMS Sharpshooter (1888), made entirely in wood and painted tan brown below the waterline and black above. Details include a long foredeck on which is mounted a single small gun; a stump foremast, mainmast and two funnels, all painted ochre; torpedo tube; small gun aft; and rudder. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame with bevelled edge. Inscribed on a plaque attached to the top right-hand side of the backboard is ?Sharpshooter?.
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caption: HMS Sharpshooter (1888) | 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 Sharpshooter 1881 blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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