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Description: | A MODEL (ON A 3/8 SCALE) OF A FIRST-RATE SHIP OF WAR (SUCH AS THE "CALEDONIAIA" CLASS) The starboard side built upon the old principle of ship building in use up to about 1814, with standards and riders running square from the body and without shelf under the beams or thick water way upon the beams. The port side built upon the improved principle Introduced by Sir Robert Seppings about 1814 with diagonal wood riders longitudinal and truss pieces, thick water way on the beam and shelf under the beam, truss work between the ports and diagonal deck , also showing the round stern and round bow
Scale: 1:36. Plaque on a wooden mount for the sectional model of the 'Caledonia' (1808), a 120 gun three-decker ship of the line.
CA: AAA.
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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