Object data
wood, brass and bronze
model: height 34.5 cm (rigged) × length 46.5 cm × width 11.6 cm
packaging capsule: height 18 cm × width 44 cm × depth 32 cm
Rijkswerf Rotterdam
Model of an Armed Longboat
Rotterdam, c. 1819
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-519
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Wooden frame model of a longboat mounted on a stand.
Carvel-built, double-banked launch with a round bottom, a flat sheer and a square stern. The model has a small foredeck, five thwarts with stretchers and an open cockpit with side benches. The stem is coppered and has a sheave. The frames consist of three parts. At the stern a basic rudder with a hand tiller fitting over the rudder head is indicated. The spars consist of a mainmast with a yard for a dipping lugsail and a mizzen mast with a sprit and a jigger bumpkin. The launch is armed with a carronade mounted on a long slide, going from stem to stern, and is complete with its loading equipment. The model has a windlass amidships. Additional accessories include a fish davit, a hand pump, a boat hook and twelve oars.
The model represents a longboat built according to the regulations of the Dutch Navy of 1819.1
Scale (derived) 1:20.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 519
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Rijkswerf Rotterdam, Model of an Armed Longboat, Rotterdam, c. 1819', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244332
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