Scale: 1:24. A contemporary full hull model of a ship's pinnace (circa 1838), built plank on frame in double-diagonal construction in the Georgian style. Model is complete with five thwarts, bottom boards, and seating in the stern, rudder and tiller. It is mounted on wooden turned pillars above a beaded baseboard complete with bun feet. The base is inscribed with the number ‘4’. It is one of a set of ten boat designs (SLR0768-0776) proposed by Sir William Symonds, Chief Surveyor of the Navy, to be carried by a first-rate man-of-war. There is also the original 19th-century display plaque inscribed ‘Pinnace 32 feet’.

The origins of the pinnace can be traced back as far as 1618 when it was listed as one of the three boat types carried by warships. By the beginning of the 19th century a pinnace was available in eight lengths ranging from 28 feet to 37 feet, and could either be rowed or sailed. They were used for a variety of jobs from transporting stores and men when at anchor, to assisting in survey work in shallow river and estuaries. This series of models includes some of the earliest contemporary references to double-diagonal planking construction, the main principal of which is to produce a thin but very strong lightweight hull.