Scale: 1:48. A Georgian full hull model of a 60-gun, two-decker ship of the line (circa 1720). The model is decked and equipped. It is a very early example of the Georgian models that came to replace Navy Board models over the first half of the 18th century. The dimensions relate to the 1719 Establishment for 60-gun ships, although the model represents the general design for two-deck, third rate warships, rather than a particular ship.

The ship would have been approximately 144 feet in length, with a beam of 39 feet, and would have weighed about 955 tons. It carried twenty-four 24-pound guns on its gun deck, twenty-six 9-pounders on its upper deck, eight 6-pounders on its quarterdeck and two 6-pounders on the forecastle. Four hundred men would have served on a ship of this type, of which 11 were built. Many served in foreign waters. The ‘Tilbury’, for example, was launched in 1733 and joined Vernon’s fleet during the War of Jenkins’ Ear. It served off Cartagena in 1741 before being accidentally burnt off Hispaniola in 1744.