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Description: | Scale: 1:12. Full hull design model of the 'Project' (1805), a rocket launcher. Model is decked and rigged. Depicts a 25ft launch fitted with Sir William Congreve's rocket apparatus. The two launching frames, each holding 24 rockets, were raised or lowered using the mast tackles to give the required elevation of attack.
CA: AAA. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | Greenwich Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum Project 1805 full hull ship models | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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