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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A full hull model of a 70-gun, two-decker ship of the line (circa 1725). The model is decked.
Fourteen ships of this type were built under the Establishment of 1719, including the ?Kent? (SLR0421). They, and the later ?74s? that replaced them, formed the backbone of the line in fleet actions. Their dimensions were typically about 151 by 41� feet, and they weighed 1128 tons burden. They had a complement of 480 men. They carried twenty-six 24-pound guns on their gun decks, twenty-six 12-pounders and four 6-pounders on their upper decks, and fourteen 6-pounders on their quarterdecks.
CA: AAA.
Fourteen ships of this type were built under the Establishment of 1719, including the ?Kent? (SLR0421). They, and the later ?74s? that replaced them, formed the backbone of the line in fleet actions. Their dimensions were typically about 151 by 41� feet, and they weighed 1128 tons burden. They had a complement of 480 men. They carried twenty-six 24-pound guns on their gun decks, twenty-six 12-pounders and four 6-pounders on their upper decks, and fourteen 6-pounders on their quarterdecks.
caption: 3rd Rate - port broadside
caption: 3rd Rate - bow three quarter
caption: 3rd Rate - stern quarter | 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 full hull ship models | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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