Whole model of battleship HMS 'Captain'

Made:
1708-1714 in Portsmouth
designer:
Podd
manufacturer:
Portsmouth Dockyard
maker:
William Hammond
Whole model of battleship HMS 'Captain'

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Contemporary model, 1:60 scale, of HMS ‘Captain’ built 1708 to the 1706 Establishment (naval specification), a 70-gun, 3rd-rate, man-of-war navel vessel, without rigging or masts with cut-away to show construction, built by William Hammond, shipwright at Portsmouth naval dockyard, 1714. The 'Captain', was involved in the defeat of the Spanish fleet off Cape Passaro with the British forces commanded by Admiral Sir George Byng.

Contemporary, whole model of HMS 'Captain', 1708. Scale 1:60. Third Rate, 70-Gun ship, built to the Establishment of 1706-1718. The model was probably not completed till 1714

Details

Category:
Water Transport
Object Number:
1917-2
Materials:
wood (unidentified), brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass and paint
Measurements:
overall: 300 mm x 880 mm x 200 mm,
type:
model - representation
credit:
Hammond, P.E.D.