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Defence (1725); Warship; Third rate; 70 guns. Scale: 1:48. A block design model of the ‘Defence’ (1725), a 70-gun, two-decker ship of the line. The name ‘Defence’ is marked on the starboard broadside and twice on deck. The dimensio
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Lion (1725); Warship; Fourth rate; 50 guns. Scale: 1:48. A block design model of the ‘Lion’ (1725), a 50-gun, small two-decker. Regular parallel lines have been inscribed across the poop deck. The name ‘Lion’ is on port broadside a
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National Maritime Museum

Rippon; Warship; Fourth rate; 50 guns. Scale: 1:48. A block design model of the ‘Rippon’ (1725), a 50-gun small, two-decker. The name ‘Rippon’ appears on the port broadside below the waterline and is just visible beneath the paint
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Ruby (1725); Fourth rate; 50 guns. Scale: 1:48. A block design model of the ‘Ruby’ (1725), a 50-gun, small two-decker. The model was believed to be of the ‘Ruby’, which was launched as a 50-gunner in 1708, but reclassified as a fif
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Victory (1737); Warship; First rate; 100 guns. Scale: 1:48. A model of the Victory (1737) made entirely in wood, built from wood in layers based on waterlines, and painted in realistic colours. There is a marked division along the waterline, between the u
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Warship; Third rate; 70 guns. Scale: 1:48. A block design model of a 70-gun, two-decker ship of the line (1725). The attached label reads ‘35C’ and ‘Ship of 70-guns about 1725’. Fourteen ships of this type were built under the Es
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National Maritime Museum