HMS Inconstant (1868); Warship; Frigate; 16 guns

Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the port side of the 16-gun frigate HMS Inconstant (1868), made entirely in wood and painted brown below the waterline, a narrow white stripe above and black above the waterline. Hull details include stern gallery windows, rows of square portholes, a rudder and a well for the propeller which is either missing or was not originally fitted. Other fittings include stump bowsprit, foremast, mainmast and mizzen mast, and two funnels, painted black. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame with bevelled edge. On bottom section of frame ‘6’.

Object Details

ID: SLR1003
Collection: Ship models
Type: Half block model
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Inconstant (1868)
Date made: circa 1868
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Measurements: Overall model: 358 x 2249 x 56 mm; Backboard: 35 x 2370 x 20 mm
Parts: HMS Inconstant (1868); Warship; Frigate; 16 guns
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