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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the port side of the second class battleship HMS Centurion (1892), made entirely in wood and painted brown below the waterline, a narrow white stripe above and black above the. Hull details include a ram bow; recessed section at the bow for anchor stowage; two rows of portholes; two gun placements fore and aft of amidships; stern gallery; rudder; and port propeller shaft casing and support frame. Other fittings include stump foremast and mainmast; two gun turrets fore and aft, both painted off-white; fore bridge with entry port; single stump funnel, the top painted ochre. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame (right-hand edge missing). On plaque attached to top left-hand side of backboard ?Centurion?.
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caption: HMS Centurion 1892 - broadside | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Centurion 1892 Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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