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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the port side of the battleship HMS Hotspur (1870), 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, uninterrupted row of square portholes, bilge keel, port side propeller and shaft, and rudder. There is a short, prominent forecastle, waist with a railing and a long main deck extending almost to the stern. Other fittings include stump foremast and mainmast, and a single large-diameter turret with provision for two guns. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame (right-hand side of frame currently missing). Inscribed on plaques are ?276? and ?Hotspur - Coast Defence Ship - 1870. High freeboard turret ship. The original so called "turret" was merely a circular armoured breastwork with 4 ports for a single gun. This was afterwards replaced by a revolving turret. Built at Gvern. Sold 1904. Original Armament: - 1 10in. ML and 2 6in. BL. Dimensions: - Length 235ft. Beam 0ft. Displacement 3060 tons. Speed 12 Knots?. The plaques are currently detatched.
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caption: HMS Hotspur (1870) - 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 James Hotspur 1870 Caird blocks models (representations) Mercury Naval College (Mercury Collection) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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