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HMS Northumberland (1866); Warship; Armoured broadside ironclad
Scale: Unknown. Model of a muzzle-loading gun, complete with pivoting carriage, from the armoured broadside ironclad HMS Northumberland (1866). The model is mounted on a wooden base board with rounded corners painted black, and incorporates the pivoting point and a pair of brass tracks, the rear most of which is inscribed with calibrations in degrees from zero to 25 degrees. The gun is mounted on a carriage which can slide backwards and forwards on a pivoting carriage. The gun and the carriage are realistically modelled in brass and steel with many working parts.
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Object Details
| ID: | SLR2984 |
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| Collection: | Ship models |
| Type: | Ordnance model; Gun model |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Vessels: | Northumberland (1866) |
| Date made: | Circa 1878 |
| People: | Bosanquet, George Stanley |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Royal United Service Institution Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall model and base: 118 x 290 x 280 mm |
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