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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the port side of the turret ship HMS Monarch (1868), made entirely in wood and painted dark brown below the waterline, a narrow white stripe above and black above the waterline. Hull details include a ram bow, rows of square portholes, and a well for the propeller which is either missing or was not originally fitted. Other fittings include stump bowsprit, foremast, mainmast and mizzen mast, cream-painted superstructure and a single funnel, also painted cream. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame with bevelled edge. On plaque ?226 Monarch-battleship-1868. A high-freeboard sea-going turret ship. Built at Chatham Re-Engined 1892. Became Guardship at Simon's Bay in 1897. Renamed Simoon in 1904 and sold in 1905. Original Armament: - 4 12-in. (25 Ton) and 3 7 in. M.L.R. Two 7-in. soon replaced by 9 in. Dimensions: - Length 330 ft. Beam 57 ft. 6in. Displacement 8320 Tons. Speed 14 1/2 Knots.?.
CA: BAB. Funnel missing.
caption: HMS Monarch - 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 Monarch 1868 blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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