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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A contemporary half block model of HMS Hector (1862), a broadside ironclad battleship.
Plaque inscribed "Hector battleship 1862. Built at Govan. Ended sea going service in 1886. Sold for breaking up in 1905. Original armaments: - 4 7" rifled BC., 20 68 pdr. smooth bore ML. Later armament: - 2 8" and 16 7" rifled ML. Dimensions: - length 280ft. Beam 56 ft 3" Displacement 6700 tons. Speed 11 knots". Number "(1)" on backboard.
CA: BAC. Bowsprit missing. One plaque missing.
caption: HMS Hector - broadside | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Hector 1862 Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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