L0865

HMS 'King Edward VII' (1903) Long Caption: Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the port side of the first class battleship HMS 'King Edward VII' (1903), made entirely in wood and painted pink-brown below the waterline and grey above. Hull details include a ram bow; two rows of portholes fore and aft; port hawse hole and bilge keel; and balanced rudder. The gun turrets, superstructures and most of the fittings are painted a uniform grey. Features and fittings include a pair of large gun turrets fore and aft, with a smaller pair mounted on the port side fore and aft of amidships; bridge abaft the forward turret and smaller superstructure forward of the aft turret; two funnel mountings with a stump funnels; and stump foremast and mainmast. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: SLR1343 Artist: unknown Date: circa 1903 Medium: wood; metal; paint Size: 477 mm x 2795 mm x 392 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.