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Rigged model of English Ketch-rigged sloop
- Made:
- 1750 in United Kingdom
- specifier:
- Board of Admiralty
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Rigged model of English Ketch-rigged sloop (c. 1750) Previously thought to be the American Ketch Mercury. Research by Mr. R.C. Anderson in 1937 determined it to be a Speedwell Class English Sloop (the Speedwell, the Fly and the Happy almost identical)
Details
- Category:
- Water Transport
- Object Number:
- 1923-609
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), paint, cotton (fibre), metal (unknown) and glass
- Measurements:
-
overall: 690 mm x 840 mm x 350 mm,
- type:
- model - representation and sloop (warship)
- credit:
- Adams, M.A.