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Description: | Armamant One 9.2in. BL gun Twelve 6in. QF guns Twelve 6 pdrs & five 3 pdr QF guns Two 9 pdr RML guns Seven Nordenfelts Eighteen 18 in. Whitehead Torpedoes Torpedo Tubes Two submerged &two above water HP of Engines Forced Draught 12000 nat 5500. Speed at full power knots 19.5
Ft Ins. Length Extreme 384.0 Length between Perpendiculars 360 0 Breadth Extreme 60 8 Draught Water For'd 24 0 Aft 25 6Displacement tonnes 7700 Coal carried tons 850 Complement of officers & men 544.
HMS "Royal Arthur" & "Cresent2 Scale 1/16in. = 1 foot.
Scale: 1:192. Half block model representing HMS Royal Arthur (1891) and HMS Cresent (1892) 2nd class cruisers made entirely of wood with metal fittings. The lower portion of the hull is painted a copper-bronze colour which is divided by a thin white line towards the waterline. The lower hull is fitted with a rudder and a propeller shaft at the stern as well as a ram at the bow. The upper portion of the hull is painted black and includes circular portholes, gunports and apertures, a pair of oval shaped hawsepipes painted red internally, gun and anchor apertures, all of which have been carved into the hull. The main deck, forecastle and bridge decks are finished in a natural wood and varnished with the individual deck planks marked in black ink. There are a pair of oval-shaped funnels mounted on rectangular blocks of superstructure painted white. Between the forward and aft bridge decks are a series of seven rectangular and square blocks of superstructure, all of which are painted white. Other fittings include a pair of capstans, deck hatches and skylights, all of which are painted white together with a pair of stump masts painted a pinkish-red. The whole model is mounted on a wooden backboard which is overlayed with either paper or cardboard and painted a yellow-brown with a painted black moulded edging.
CA: AAB.
caption: HMS Royal Arthur (1891); HMS Cresent (1892) | 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 Cresent 1891 Royal Arthur 1891 blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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