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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the port side of the turret ship HMS Dreadnought (1875), made entirely in wood and painted dark brown below the waterline, a narrow white stripe above and black above the waterline. The paint has areas of loss and damage. Hull details include a ram bow, rudder and port side propeller shaft casing. The bulwarks have a row of portholes. Other fittings include superstructure positioned amidships and painted cream; two large-diameter gun turrets placed fore and aft the superstructure, each with the provision for two guns; stump mast; and two stump funnels, paintyed black. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame, the right-hand edge of which is missing. On plaque ?289 Dreadnought - Battleship - 1875. An enlarged version of the Devastation (No. 280). Built at Pembroke under the name Fury, but renamed before launching. Sold 1908. Armament: - 4 12-in M.L. Dimensions: - Length 320ft. Beam 63ft 10in Displacement 10280 tons. Speed 14 knots?. Plaque currently missing.
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caption: HMS Dreadnought 1875 - broadside | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Dreadnought 1875 Greenwich Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum James Caird blocks models (representations) Mercury Naval College (Mercury Collection) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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