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HMS Marlborough(1855); Warship; First rate; Steam; 131 guns
Scale: 1:48. A contemporary half block model of HMS Marlborough (1855), a First rate 131 gun three-decker steam line-of-battle ship.
Plaque inscribed "228 Marlborough 131 guns - 1855 Built at Portsmouth. After service in the Mediterranean became Engineering School in 1877. Renamed Vernon II as part of Portsmouth Torpedo School in 1904. Sold for breaking up, but lost in the Channel, 1924. Dimensions: - Length 245ft 6in Beam 61ft 2 1/2in (see also whole model No227)".
Plaque inscribed "228 Marlborough 131 guns - 1855 Built at Portsmouth. After service in the Mediterranean became Engineering School in 1877. Renamed Vernon II as part of Portsmouth Torpedo School in 1904. Sold for breaking up, but lost in the Channel, 1924. Dimensions: - Length 245ft 6in Beam 61ft 2 1/2in (see also whole model No227)".
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Object Details
| ID: | SLR0880 |
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| Collection: | Ship models |
| Type: | Half block model |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Marlborough 1855 |
| Date made: | Circa 1855 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. |
| Measurements: | Overall model: 440 x 1826 x 200 mm; Backboard: 500 x 1963 x 21 mm |
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