Model of submersible 'Turtle'

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Cut-away model, scale 1:9
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Cut-away model, scale 1:9
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Cut-away model, scale 1:9
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Cut-away model, scale 1:9, of the egg-shaped underwater submersible craft the 'Turtle' (1776), by Major Malcolm C. Gray, Petersfield, Hampshire, England, 1976

Conjectural, cut-away model of the early submarine 'Turtle', 1776. Scale about 1:12. Designed by David Bushnell and Phineas Pratt to sink the English fleet in New York Harbour, the 'Turtle' was unsuccessful in an attack on HMS 'Eagle'

Details

Category:
Warships
Object Number:
1976-480
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy), wood (unidentified), steel (metal), paint, glass, copper (alloy), cotton (textile) and complete
Measurements:
overall: 370 mm x 255 mm x 185 mm, 2.665kg
type:
cut-away object, submarines, submersibles and warships
credit:
Major M Gray