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Description: | Scale: 1:12. A full hull plank on frame model of a clinker-built Deal galley (circa 1900). The model is fully equipped and rigged, together with beach launching equipment. At this scale, this model depicts a galley measuring 31 feet in length by 6 feet in the beam. Rigged with a single mast, yard, and lug sail, it is complete with collapsible fisherman?s anchor, five oars, bailer and a cooking pan.
These light and fast boats were used to service ships on the Downs. With the anchorage off the Kentish coast, they carried pilots, passengers and mail.
caption: Deal galley | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | full hull ship models | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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