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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A builder?s block model of the ?Grafton? (1742), a 70-gun, two-decker ship of the line. The name ?Grafton? is marked on the stern. The name ?Grafton? suggests the ship built in 1750, but the model represents an earlier and rather smaller ship built on the Establishment of 1741. That ship was 154 feet long and 44 feet in the beam and weighed 1291 tons burden. The anomaly arose because the ?Grafton? was commissioned originally under the 1741 Establishment, but completed under the 1745 Establishment. Although the final ship was 160 feet by 45 feet and weighed 1414 tons, the model represents the original design for this vessel.
CA: BAB. Referenced in Anderson's catalogue (1952) as coming from the Royal Naval Museum Catalogue (1913), pg 25, Edinburgh Room, No 8 Case, No 1 'HMS Grafton 70 guns 1414 tons. Built at Portmouth Yard in 1750.
The name Grafton suggests the ship built in 1750, but the model represents an earlier and rather smaller ship built on the Establishment of 1741. That ship was 154 feet long and 44 feet in the beam and weighed 1291 tons burden. The anomaly arose because the Grafton was commissioned originally under the 1741 Establishment, but completed under the 1745 Establishment. Although the final ship was 160 feet by 45 feet and weighed 1414 tons, the model represents the original design for this vessel.
caption: 'Grafton' (1742) - port broadside
caption: 'Grafton' (1742) - port three quarter view
caption: 'Grafton' (1742) - starboard quarter view | 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 blocks Grafton 1742 models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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