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Description: | Armament Two 6" QF guns Eight 4.7" QF guns Eight 6 Pdr & One 3 Pdr QF guns Four .45" Maxim guns One 9 Pdr RML gun & Twelve 18" Torpedos Torpedo Tubes Four above water HP of Engines Forced Draught 9000 Nat. 7000 Speed at full power Knots 19.5
Ft ins. Length extreme 336 0 Length between Perpendiculars 320 0 Breadth extreme 49 6 Draught of water for'd 18 0 Aft 20 0 Displacement tons 4360 Coal carried tons 400 Compliment of officers & men 300
HMS "Fox" Scale 1/16 in = 1 foot
Scale: 1:192. Half block model of HMS 'Fox' (1893), a 2nd class cruiser 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, forward and aft bridge decks are finished in a natural wood and varnished with the individual deck planks marked in black ink. There are a pair of circular shaped funnels mounted on rectangular blocks of superstructure painted white. Between the forward and aft bridges are a series of six rectangular and 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: Half hull model - HMS Fox (1893) | 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 Fox 1893 blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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