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Ships and dockyards
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'Bellona', 74 guns (SLR0338)
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| Object name: |
Georgian, Full hull model
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have 47 objects of this type online
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D4077_3, 'Bellona', port ¾ bow
© National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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| Artist/maker: |
probably George Stockwell
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| Date made: |
circa 1760 |
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| Materials: |
fruitwood; varnish; bone; cotton; copper; brass; mica; compo; gravel; paint |
| Measurements: |
Overall model: 560 x 1600 x 370 mm;
Base: 375 x 1690 x 507 mm |
| Credit: |
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Collection: |
Sailing warships
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Description:
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This ship was launched in 1760 and served with Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. The date of the model (1770), the coppering below the waterline and the handles fitted suggests that it was the one used to demonstrate copper sheathing to King George III. Between 1778 and 1781 the coppering of warships’ bottoms became general practice to allow them to operate away from home dockyards for long periods. Coppering not only prevented attack from shipworm (marine boring molluscs) but retarded the growth of weed and barnacles on hulls, which seriously affected sailing ability.
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