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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A contemporary half full hull and half skeleton model of the Royal George (1756), a first rate, 100-gun three-decker ship of the line, built in the Georgian style. The model is partially decked and has the name Royal George painted on the counter of the stern. The starboard hull shows plank on frame while the port side is unplanked to show the internal construction and layout, including numerous fittings such as galley stoves, capstans and cabin furnishings.
CA: AAA.
The Earl of Sandwich was determined to get King George III more interested in the Navy, and in 1772 the Admiralty gave orders for ?a model to be forthwith made of a section of the Royal George lengthways?. The model took five years to build and was delivered to the King in 1777. The friezes along the bulwarks were painted by the artist Joseph Marshall and the carved decoration by Thomas Burroughs, master carver to Deptford dockyard.
The Royal George was launched in 1756 and was Admiral Hawke?s flagship at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759. She sank accidentally at Spithead in 1782 with the loss of 900 lives, including that of Rear-Admiral Kempenfelt.
caption: 'Royal George', port broadside
caption: Royal George (1756); Warship; First rate; 100 guns - Starboard Broadside
caption: 'Royal George', starboard broadside
caption: 'Royal George', dead astern
caption: Royal George (1756); Warship; First rate; 100 guns - Port Broadside
caption: Royal George (1756); Warship; First rate; 100 guns - 1/4 Stern
caption: Royal George (1756); Warship; First rate; 100 guns - 3/4 Bow
caption: Royal George (1756); Warship; First rate; 100 guns - Stern
caption: Royal George (1756); Warship; First rate; 100 guns - Figurehead | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich William Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum Neptune Court Souvenir Guide Royal Naval College Museum Catalogue full hull ship models Treasures of the National Maritime Museum The National Maritime Museum - The Collections IV Royal George (1756) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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