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Description: | Scale: 1:48. Design half block model of the port side of the turret ship HMS Trafalgar (1887), made entirely in wood and painted in realistic colours. The hull is painted pink-brown below the waterline, black above, the belt amour indicated in green-grey, and the belt armour waterline indicated by an off-white narrow line. Hull fittings include a reinforced ram bow, and rudder. Other details include wide diameter gun turrets fore and aft, painted black; superstructure amidships accommodating bridge and single funnel painted ochre. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame with bevelled edge (right-hand edge missing). On plaque attached to top left-hand corner of backboard ?319. Trafalgar - battleship - 1887. Built at Portsmouth. Sold in 1911. Armament: - 4 13.5-in. (67 ton), 6 6-in. Q.F. Dimensions: - Length 345ft. Beam 73ft. Displacement 11940 tons. Speed 16 1/2 knots?.
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caption: HMS Trafalgar - broadside | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Trafalgar 1887 Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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