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Description: | Scale: Unknown. A contemporary full hull model of a proposed 12-gun warship, carved from a solid piece of wood. The upper works are rounded in a ?whaleback? fashion together with the cupola gun emplacement along the broadside. This shape is presumably designed to deflect incoming shot as well providing a watertight hull. There is a single screw at the stern, of the pattern that dates the model from 1860-70, whilst the rudder is outboard on a frame but now missing. The fact the hull is of shallow draught, and is fitted with bilge keels would suggest that the area of operation for this vessel would be in sheltered waters.
CA: CCC. Stanchions and guard rails missing.
caption: 12-gun gunboat - starboard broadside
caption: 12-gun gunboat - port three quarter view
caption: 12-gun gunboat - starboard quarter view | 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 full hull ship models | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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