HMS 'Alexandra' (1975)

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HMS 'Alexandra' (1975) Long Caption: Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the port side of the battleship HMS 'Alexandria' (1875), made entirely in wood and painted pink-brown below the waterline, a narrow white stripe above and black above the waterline with a white gunwale. Hull details include a ram bow; a large gun forward mounting inset; rows of square portholes and gunports; central battery; port bilge keel; rudder; and port propeller shaft casing. Other fittings include stump bowsprit, foremast, mainmast and mizzen mast, and two lozenge-shaped funnels, painted ochre. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: SLR1063 Artist: unknown Date: circa 1875 Medium: wood; paint Size: 419 mm x 2207 mm x 201 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.