Warship; 1st rate; 120 guns

Scale: 1:24. A model of the bow of a 120 gun ship made entirely in wood and painted in realistic colours. The model shows the old plan of filling between the cheeks on the port side and the cheeks without fillings on the starboard side. The hull and stem post are painted brown below the waterline, black above and there broad white stripes are running along the gun decks. The gun ports and hawseholes are indicated in black with red painted inner faces. There are five gun ports and two hawseholes on both the port and starboard sides. There is scrolled decoration at the bow but no figurehead. The inner face and section is painted a uniform ochre.

Object Details

ID: SLR2184
Collection: Ship models
Type: Bow model; Sectional model; Waterline model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Vessels: Warspite 1847
Date made: Unknown
People: Blake
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model: 443 mm x 468 mm x 489 mm
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