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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A block model of the ?Modeste (1786), a French 32-gun frigate. The number ?11? is marked on the port-broadside and the base. The model is of the style used for the naval museum in Somerset House in the 1830s. It is also painted in the later style (circa 1815) with black and white stripes and black gunports.
The ?Modeste? was built in France and captured by HMS ?Bedford? in 1793. It was not put into active service until 1801, but took part in several actions in the Far East between 1806 and 1812. It was laid up ?in ordinary? at Woolwich and broken up in 1814.
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The ?Modeste? was built in France and captured by HMS ?Bedford? in 1793. It was not put into active service until 1801, but took part in several actions in the Far East between 1806 and 1812. It was laid up ?in ordinary? at Woolwich and broken up in 1814.
caption: Modeste (1786) - port broadside
caption: Modeste (1786) - bow three quarter
caption: Modeste (1786) - stern quarter | 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 Modeste (1786) Royal Naval College Museum Catalogue blocks models (representations) South Kensington Museum Naval Models Catalogue | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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