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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the starboard side of the second class cruiser HMS Medea (1888), made entirely in wood and painted pink-brown below the waterline and black above. Hull details include a reinforced ram bow; starboard bilge keel; rows of portholes; gun placement amidships; propeller shaft casing and mounting; and rudder. Other details include a stump foremast, mainmast and two funnels, all painted ochre; wave deflector and capstan forward; and ventilator. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame with bevelled edge. On plaque attached to top right-hand side of backboard ?Medea?.
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caption: HMS Medea 1888 - broadside
caption: HMS Medea 1888 - bow detail | 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 Medea 1888 blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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