Sample of armour plating

Cyclop-Steel and Iron-Works, Charles Camell & Co. Ltd (mentioned on object), c. 1868

Monster van een pantserplaat van 6½ Engelse duim dikte. Twee kanten zijn afgezaagd en gepolijst, twee kanten zijn ruw en lijken afgebroken of gescheurd; de twee overblijvende, tegenover elkaar liggende vlakken zijn van de vlakke zijden van de pantserplaat, aangezien zij 6½ Engelse duim dikte aangeven.

  • Artwork typesample, armoured plate
  • Object numberNG-MC-1221
  • Dimensionsheight 16.5 cm x width 14 cm x depth 11 cm
  • Physical characteristicsiron

Charles Camell & Co. Ltd Cyclop-Steel and Iron-Works

Sample of Armour Plate

Sheffield, c. 1868

Inscriptions

  • inscription, on the side:SHEFFIELD / CHARLES / CAMELL & Co / LIMITED

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-1221

Entry

Sample of an 6.5-inch armour plate.

Two sides are sawn and polished, two are rough as though broken or torn. The two remaining, opposing sides are the faces of the armour plate, with a thickness of 6.5 inches.

According to the inventory list, number 1221 originally contained three samples of armour plate, 6.5 and 8 inches thick.1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1221. The other two samples were not found.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1221; A.J. Hoving, Message in a Model: Stories from the Navy Model Room of the Rijksmuseum, Florence, OR 2013, p. 211

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Charles Camell & Co. Ltd Cyclop-Steel and Iron-Works, Sample of Armour Plate, Sheffield, c. 1868', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200316103

(accessed 10 December 2025 18:21:59).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1221.