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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A contemporary half block model of HMS Rattler (1843), a 6 gun screw sloop. The hull is carved from a solid block of wood(?) and painted a metallic bronze colour below the waterline with black topsides above, separated by a thin white line. The clipper-shaped bow is fitted with headrails and a plain beakhead whilst the flush main deck runs the full length of the hull and finishes above a small square stern with a carved quarter gallery and a rudder below. The whole model is mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard painted a creamy white colour and surrounded by a stained wooden moulded edging. There is a small plaque which is inscribed "HMS "Rattler", 5 guns. 888 tons. Built at Sheerness 1843".
CA: AAB. Cited as coming from the Admiralty, Somerset House according to Callender's Ledger (NMM 22/1).
caption: HMS Rattler - broadside | 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 Rattler 1843 blocks models (representations) South Kensington Museum Naval Models Catalogue | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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