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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A contemporary full hull model of a ship's longboat, from the Medway (1742) (SLR0328), built in the Georgian style. The model is fully planked (carved from the solid), equipped and rigged and shows a large windlass amidships which was used for laying and retrieving the mother ship's anchors. Another model, SLR0329, shows the Medway longboat unrigged and in frame.
CA: BAB.
This is a rare example of an 18th century model of a ship?s boat complete with its original mast and rigging. The longboat was generally the largest boat carried on board ship. It could be towed astern or stored on deck on top of the spare topmast spars in the waist area, between the fore and main masts. It could be either rowed or sailed.
caption: full hull model
caption: SLR0329 and SLR0330 - Longboats from 'Medway'
caption: Ship's longboat, port broadside
caption: Ship's Longboat; 'Medway', port � bow
caption: Ship's Longboat; 'Medway', starboard broadside
caption: Ship's Longboat; 'Medway', starboard stern quarter
caption: Ship's Longboat; 'Medway', interior detail | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum full hull ship models Treasures of the National Maritime Museum Medway (1742) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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