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Description: | Scale: 1:96. A contemporary full hull model of the 'Hawke' (active 1777), a revenue cutter, built plank on frame (?) using clinker construction in the Georgian style. The model is decked, fully equipped and rigged with a full suit of original sails set. The name ?Hawke? has been painted on the stern as well as on the original display case. It has not been possible, however, to identify a vessel of this name that fits the dimensions of 72 feet along the deck by 25 feet in the beam and tonnage of 180 (builders old measurement). However, the dimensions are approximately correct for a typical naval cutter of the mid-18th century, although it is fitted with more guns than usual. The rigging shows the arrangement and layout of the three square sails and their yards, which is the maximum that could be carried with a cutter rig.
CA: BBB. Model was donated in a contemporary glass case and stand which bore the inscription "The Hawke Cutter 1777". The whereabouts of this is unknown.
caption: Revenue Cutter 'Hawke'
caption: Hawke (1777); Service vessel; Fighting vessel; Revenue cutter - Port Broadside
caption: Revenue Cutter 'Hawke' - detail
caption: Hawke (1777); Service vessel; Fighting vessel; Revenue cutter - 3/4 Bow
caption: Hawke (1777); Service vessel; Fighting vessel; Revenue cutter - 1/4 Stern
caption: Hawke (1777); Service vessel; Fighting vessel; Revenue cutter - Stern | 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 Hawke fl.1777 full hull ship models | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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