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Description: | 52. Preston, 50 guns, 1742 Built at Plymouth. Became a sheer hulk at Woolwich in 1785. Dimensions - Gun Deck 134ft. 1 in. Beam 38ft. 7 in. (The name 'Salisbury' on the model is explained by the fact that the Preston was 'rebuilt' as the Salisbury in 1698, captured by the French in 1703, recaptured in 1708 and renamed Preston in 1716).
Scale: 1:48. Typed paper label adhered to hardboard with a wooden mount, for the block design model of the ?Preston? (1742), a 50-gun, small two-decker.
CA: BAB.
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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