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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A full hull model of the 60-gun warship Centurion (1732) made entirely in wood with metal and organic material fittings and painted in realistic colours. The hull is painted lead white below the waterline with a solid black-painted wale above and varnished wood above the waterline. The armament is arranged over three gundecks, all of which show the guns run out, with port lids open exposing their red-painted inner faces. The vessel is depicted fully rigged on all three masts and bowsprit, the mizzen having a lateen yard. Fittings include a figurehead in the form of a lion rampant; officers? heads, decorative frieze on a saxe blue ground along the bulwarks; gratings; ensign staff; and two stern galleries, the upper one being open, and quarter galleries. The model is mounted on a pair of wooden crutches and displayed on a rectangular wooden baseboard.
CA: AAA. Acquired with BHC0369 and BHC3012.
caption: Centurion - Port Broadside
caption: Centurion - 3/4 Bow
caption: 'Centurion', 60 guns
caption: Centurion Stern
caption: Centurion (1732); Warship; 60 guns - 1/4 Stern
caption: Centurion (1732); Warship; 60 guns - Starboard Stern 1/4 Gallery
caption: Centurion (1732); Warship; 60 guns - Stern Detail
caption: Centurion (1732); Warship; 60 guns - Figurehead Detail
caption: 'Centurion', port stern quarter | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Centurion (1733) 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 Treasures of the National Maritime Museum The National Maritime Museum - The Collections | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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