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HMS 'Challenger' (1902) Long Caption: Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the starboard side of the second class cruiser HMS 'Challenger (1902), made entirely in wood and painted pink-brown below the waterline, a narrow white stripe above, black above the waterline. Hull features include a ram bow; three rows of portholes; starboard bilge keel and hawse hole; and a balanced rudder. Other features and fittings include a long fore deck with a gun mounted, painted black; stump foremast and mainmast; and three stump funnels painted ochre on grey housings. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame. On plaque attached to top right-hand side of backboard 'Challenger'. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: SLR1338 Artist: unknown Date: circa 1902 Medium: wood; tin; paint Size: 434 mm x 2338 mm x 171 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.