HMS Captain (1869); Warship; Turret ship

Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the starboard side of the turret ship HMS Captain (1869) made entirely in wood and painted in realistic colours. The hull is painted light pink-brown below the waterline, black above with an off-white gunwale. Hull details include bilge keel, two recessed apertures for the two gun turrets and starboard propeller and mounting. stump bowsprit and tripod masts, two wide-diameter turrets, ventilators and a single funnel painted ochre with a black top. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame with bevelled edge.

Object Details

ID: SLR1013
Collection: Ship models
Type: Half block model
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Captain (1869)
Date made: circa 1869
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Measurements: Overall model: 398 x 2222 x 170 mm; Backboard: 452 x 2340 x 19 mm
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