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Description: | Scale 1:48. A model of a slipway made largely of mahogany which has been stained and varnished. The model was fitted with a number of keelblocks most of which are now missing. A sliding cradle sits on the slipway skids and is fitted with a pair of locking mechanisms at the forward end as well as various blocks of wood used for packing and a single bilge block (the other one is missing).
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caption: Slipway |
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 slipways models (representations) |
Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich |
Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... |
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