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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the Bulwark (1807), a 74 gun two-decker ship of the line made entirely in wood and constructed in bread and butter fashion. The hull has been hollowed out internally and is painted a copper colour below the waterline with the upperworks and bulwarks painted black and divided by a thin white line. The gun decks are highlighted by a pair of thick, horizontal bands painted creamy-yellow, with the gunports finished in grey. The model is complete with a square stern gallery, a curved quarter gallery, a rudder with its gudgeons and pintles and, at the bow, a set of drif trails, heads, and a plain, scroll figurehead. The decks have been finished flush to the bulwarks and painted a light brown-cream colour. There are three stump masts and a bowsprit of the same colour. The model is mounted on a wooden backboard painted creamy-white with a mahogany stained edging.
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caption: Bulwark (1807) - 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 Bulwark (1807) Royal Naval College Museum Catalogue 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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