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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A contemporary full hull model of the ?Britannia? (1719), a 100-gun three-decker, first-rate ship of the line, built in the Georgian style. The model is decked and equipped, and has been made to split along the gun deck, revealing the interior layout and construction. It is mounted on an original baseboard with a later wooden plaque inscribed ?The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights presented by Walter Leslie Viscount Runciman of Doxford Prime Warden 1940. In memory of his father Walter Viscount Runciman of Doxford, PC prime warden 1926?. The model is unusual in that it has been made from a soft wood as opposed the normal harder fruitwoods.
The ?Britannia? was launched in October 1719 at Woolwich and measured 175 feet along the gun deck by 50 feet in the beam and was 1895 tons burden. It never saw active service and was latterly employed as a hospital ship at Sheerness before being broken up at Chatham in 1749. See also SLR0410.
CA: AAA.
caption: Britannia
caption: 'Britannia', 100-guns
caption: Britannia (1719); Warship; First rate; 100 guns - Port Broadside
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caption: Britannia (1719); Warship; First rate; 100 guns - Split
caption: Britannia (1719); Warship; First rate; 100 guns - Hull Section/Interior
caption: Britannia (1719); Warship; First rate; 100 guns - 1/4 Stern
caption: Britannia (1719); Warship; First rate; 100 guns - 3/4 Bow
caption: Britannia (1719); Warship; First rate; 100 guns - Stern
caption: Britannia (1719); Warship; First rate; 100 guns - Figurehead | 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 Britannia (1719) Walter Leslie: Doxford Runciman | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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