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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A model of the port side of HMS Wolverine (1863), a 21 gun warship made entirely in wood and painted in realistic colours. The hull below the waterline is painted brown with a narrow cream stripe above, and black above the waterline, and the single deck is painted cream. The port quarter and stern galleries are shown, the windows painted green and decoration highlighted in cream. Fittings include A stump fore, main and mizzen masts, a funnel, open gunports with red painted inner faces, three channels, provision for a propeller, a cathead, and a stump bowsprit.
The model is displayed on an off-white backboard with a stained bevelled edge. The plaque is inscribed: 'HMS Wolverine 21 guns, 1703 tons. Built at Woolwich 1863'. Number: '(55)' on backboard'.
CA: BAC. Cited as coming from the Admiralty, Somerset House according to Callender's Ledger (NMM 22/1).
caption: HMS Wolverine (1863) - broadside | 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 Royal Naval College Museum Catalogue Wolverene 1863 blocks models (representations) South Kensington Museum Naval Models Catalogue | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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