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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A contemporary full hull model suggested to be the 'Medway' (1742), a 60-gun two-decker ship of the line, built in 'bread and butter' construction and finished in the Georgian style. Model is partially decked, rigged (circa 1763) and fully equipped including anchors and all associated gear, the whole model mounted on its original veneered baseboard.
Built by Elias Bird of Rotherhithe, the 'Medway? had a gun deck length of 144 feet by 42 feet in the beam and a tonnage of 1080 burden. It spent the early part of its career as part of a small fleet patrolling the Indian Ocean and took part in an indecisive action against the French Squadron off the Coromandel Coast in 1746. The 'Medway? was eventually sunk as part of a breakwater in Trincomalee in 1749.
CA: AAA.
Built by Elias Bird of Rotherhithe, the Medway had a gun deck length of 144 feet by 42 feet in the beam and a tonnage of 1080 burden. It spent the early part of its career as part of a small fleet patrolling the Indian Ocean and took part in an indecisive action against the French Squadron off the Coromandel Coast in 1746. The Medway was eventually sunk as part of a breakwater in Trincomalee in 1749.
See also SLR0329 and SLR0330.
caption: Ship of 60 guns; 'Medway'
caption: Medway (1742); Warship; Fourth rate; 60 guns - Starboard Broadside
caption: Medway (1742); Warship; Fourth rate; 60 guns - 3/4 Bow
caption: Medway (1742); Warship; Fourth rate; 60 guns - 1/4 Stern
caption: Medway (1742); Warship; Fourth rate; 60 guns - Stern
caption: Medway (1742); Warship; Fourth rate; 60 guns - Figurehead | 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 Adm (Commissioner of Chatham Doc full hull ship models Mathews Medway (1742) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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