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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A contemporary half block model of HMS Orontes (1862), a troopship (naval auxiliary).
Plaque inscribed "HMS "Orontes" troopship, 2 guns 2823 tons. Built at Birkenhead 1862.".
CA: AAB. Referenced in Anderson's catalogue (1952) as coming from the Royal Naval Museum. (See Royal Naval Catalogue, pg 28)
caption: Troop ship Orontes 1862 - 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 Orontes 1862 blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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