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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A half frame model of the port side of the turret ship HMS Monarch (1868), made entirely in wood with metal fittings and painted in realistic colours. The hull is made plank-on-frame and one deck above waterline is left unplanked. The decks and frame edges are painted black, and the two large diameter turrets are painted off-white. The turrets are situated on a weather deck and the deck above has open areas that are covered in a mesh. Fittings include stump masts, black-painted funnel, capstan and davits fore and aft. The model is displayed on a wooden board, stained dark brown.
CA: AAC. Items of decking and equipment missing.
caption: HMS Monarch (1868) - Detail of upper deck | 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 skeleton models James Caird Monarch 1868 models (representations) Mercury Naval College (Mercury Collection) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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