|
Date: |
|
Description: | Scale: 1:48. A contemporary block design model of the ?Bellona? (1760), a 74-gun, two-decker ship of the line.
The ?Bellona? was designed by Sir T. Slade and built at Chatham. It measured 168 feet along the gun deck, by 47 feet in the beam. Its armament comprised twenty-eight 32-pounders on the main deck, twenty-eight 18-pounders on the upper deck, fourteen 9-pounders on the quarterdeck and four 9-pounders on the forecastle.
Commissioned into the Navy in 1860 as part of Hawke?s Fleet, the ?Bellona? served for over 50 years, taking part in such actions as the Relief of Gibraltar (1782) and the Battle of Copenhagen (1801). It was broken up around 1814. For other models of the ?Bellona?, see also SLR0503, a skeleton model and SLR0338, a full hull model.
CA: BAB. Stern carving detached.
caption: 'Bellona', port broadside
caption: 'Bellona', port 3/4 bow
caption: 'Bellona', starboard stern quarter | 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 blocks Bellona (1760) models (representations) South Kensington Museum Naval Models Catalogue | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
|
|