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Description: | 59. Ship of 74 guns, about 1747. One of the first English 74's, originally designed as an 80-gun 3-decker (See No.58). Probably either the Culloden (1747) or the Lancaster (1749). Dimensions (approximately) - Gun Deck 161ft. Beam 46 ft. Scale 1/48 (1/4" to 1')
Scale: 1:48. Rectangular wooden plaque on a wooden mount for the contemporary block model of a 74-gun(1747),third rate, two-decker ship of the line.
An accompanying label reads, ?Ship of 74 guns about 1747 one of the first English 74's, originally designed as an 80-gun two decker (see No 58). Probably either the Culloden (1747) or Lancaster (1749). Dimensions Approximately Gun Deck 161ft Beam 46ft scale 1: 48 (1/4 inch to 1').?
CA: BAB.
The figurehead has been carved approximately to shape out of a solid block.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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