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Archimedes. Scale: Unknown. Model depicting 9 section propeller for the vessel 'Archimedes' (active 1835). The model is made entirely from a dark and stained wood and comprises of a series of nine two bladed propellers which turn around a sing
1835
National Maritime Museum

Cable compressor model. Scale: Unknown. Model of a anchor chain compressor as proposed by Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy, 1835. The model is made almost entirely of wood which has been lightly stained and finished with a matt varnish. The bed o
1835
National Maritime Museum

Cable Compressor. Scale: Unknown. A working model of a compressor for chain anchor cable illustrating the standard pattern of 1835 it is made almost entirely of wood of various species most of which has been stained and lightly polished with a matt finish
1835
National Maritime Museum

Cable compressor. Scale: Unknown. Working model of a anchor chain cable compressor as proposed by the Plymouth-Yard Officers, 1835. The model is made almost entirely of wood of different species some of which are lightly stained and finished in a matt var
1835
National Maritime Museum

Samuel Enderby (1834); Hunting vessel; Whaler. Scale: 1:24. A contemporary full hull model of the whaling vessel ‘Samuel Enderby’ (1834) built plank on frame with a number of deck fittings including deadeyes and planking on the upper wales in
1835
National Maritime Museum