F5810-001

Ship of 60 guns, port broadside Long Caption: Scale: 1:48. Georgian full hull model of a 60 gun frigate (circa 1815). Scale: 1:48. A contemporary full hull model of a proposed frigate (circa 1815), a 60-64 gun, two-decker ship of the line. Constructed in the plank on frame method, the model is decked and fully equipped including stump masts, bowsprit and brass canon on carriages. At this scale, the model represents a ship measuring 151 feet along the gun deck by 43 feet in the beam, with a tonnage of 1230 builder’s old measurement. The armament consisted of thirty 24-pounder cannon on the gun deck, twenty-six 42-pounder carronades on the upper deck and four 24-pounder carronades on the upper deck. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: SLR0685 Artist: unknown Date: circa 1815 Medium: wood: fruit; organic: bone; metal: brass; paint; coating: varnish Size: 370 mm x 1203 mm x 290 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.