Model of submersible 'Turtle'
- Made:
- 1976; 1776 in United States, Connecticut, Old Saybrook, United Kingdom and Petersfield
- inventor:
- David Bushnell and Phineas Pratt
- maker:
- Major Malcolm Gray
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