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HMS 'Warrior' (1905) Long Caption: Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the starboard side of the armoured cruiser HMS 'Duke of Edinburgh' (1904), made entirely in wood and painted pink-brown below the waterline and black above the waterline. Hull features include a ram bow; two rows of portholes; starboard bilge keel; two starboard hawse holes; two gun placements amidships; and a balanced rudder (currently missing). Other features and fittings include a long fore deck with a gun mounted on it, the barrel painted black, stump foremast and bridge; four funnels inline, all painted ochre, mounted on grey-coloured superstructures; mainmast; three guns on the starboard side amidships all with white-painted turrets and black barrels; stump mainmast atop a superstructure; and a single gun aft, the barrel painted black, identical to the forward gun. 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 'Warrior'. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: SLR1363 Artist: unknown Date: circa 1905 Medium: wood; steel; paint; varnish Size: 435 mm x 3240 mm x 227 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.