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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the port side of the iron screw gunboat HMS Medina (1876), made entirely in wood and painted pink-brown below the waterline, a narrow white stripe above and black above the waterline. Hull details include rudders fore and aft; short forecastle; turret deck; two gunports forward and one gunport aft; and port propeller shaft casing and mounting. Other fittings include stump foremast, mainmast and mizzen mast, superstructure placed amidships including a conning bridge and entry port, all painted ochre; and single funnel, also painted ochre. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame. On plaque attached to top left-hand corned of backboard ?Medina?.
CA: AAB.
caption: Mesina 1876 - 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 Medina 1876 blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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