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Equipment model; Propeller model
Scale: 1:15. Model depicting a propeller designed for the tug HMS Brigand (1937) and tested in conjunction with the experiments for towing the Conundrum in Operation Pluto during the Second World War. It is a four bladed right hand propeller, mounted on a shaft on an aluminium support and displayed in a glass and wooden case with five other propeller models: see SLR2387, SLR2388, SLR2390, SLR2391 and SLR 2392. The display shows a comparison between Froude's propellers circa 1874 and various 20th century designs.
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Object Details
| ID: | SLR2389 |
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| Collection: | Ship models |
| Type: | Equipment model; Propeller model |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Events: | World War II: Operation Pluto, 1942 |
| Vessels: | Brigand (1937) |
| Date made: | Unknown |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall model and original case: 380 mm x 1480 mm x 373 mm |
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