Model of a 90-Gun Ship of the Line

anonymous, 1801

Getuigd blokmodel. Zesenzeventig stukken geschut verdeeld over drie dekken; dekken op vijf niveau's: koebrug, onderdek, tussendek, bakdek en halfdek met loopgangen, bovencampanje. De schegfiguur is een Romeinse soldaat met lans en opgeheven schild, de slooiknieën zijn versierd met wapentrofeeën. Gewrongen spiegel en hol wulf met twee poorten, hek van twee verdiepingen met westergang en versierd met snijwerk van ranken, hoekfiguren en twee portretmedaillons (een van Cornelis de Witt); zijgalerijen van twee verdiepingen met snijwerk van ranken en een ovaal schild met schrijvende figuur op wapentrofee. Recht roer met vierkante roerkoning, stuurwiel op het halfdek. Het model is uitgerust met vier ankers, dubbele ankerbeting, twee dubbele kaapstanders, een dubbele slagpomp, twee Y-vormige schoorstenen voor de kombuis. De zeeg is bijna vlak, een breed en een dubbel barkhout en twee reehouten. Gepiekt rondspant. Het model heeft een driemasttuig zonder zeilen, bezaansmast met roede. Schaal 1:55 (afgeleid).

  • Artwork typeship model, show model, fully rigged model
  • Object numberNG-MC-1257
  • Dimensionsheight 124.5 cm x length 157 cm x width 58.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood, brass, mica and rope

anonymous

Model of a 90-Gun Ship of the Line

Netherlands, 1801

Inscriptions

  • inscription, on the stern:ANº CHATTAM 1801

Provenance

…; donated by Vice Admiral H.F. Tengbergen (1795-1876) to the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague;1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, no. 1257, manuscript in NHA 476, inv. no. 1089. transferred to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-1257

Entry

Rigged planked block model of a three-masted ship, mounted on a stand.

Seventy-six guns are indicated in three tiers. The model has decks on five levels: orlop, lower deck, main deck, closed forecastle and quarterdeck with deckhouse and gangways, and poop. The figurehead is a Roman soldier with lance and raised shield, the beakhead is decorated with carvings of trophies. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter with two gun ports. The two-storey taffrail has a sternwalk and is ornamented with carvings of foliage, corner figures and two portrait medallions (one of them of Cornelis de Witt). The two-storey quarter galleries are decorated with carvings of foliage and a writing figure on a trophy in an oval shield. Below the stern a straight, square-headed rudder and steering wheel is fitted on the quarterdeck. The model is fitted with four anchors, double riding bitts, two double capstans, a double brake pump and two Y-shaped chimneys for the galley. The sheer is almost flat. A broad wale, a double wale and two sheer rails are indicated. The hull is S-bottomed. The model has a three-masted rig without sails, the mizzen mast with lateen yard.

The model was presented to the Navy Model Room by Rear Admiral Hendrik Franco Tengbergen (1795-1876).2J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1257. The 90-gun ship Chattam (Chatham), 195 feet long, was built by Pieter Glavimans Jansz (1768-1850) in Rotterdam from 1799 to 1800. In 1809 it was converted to a floating battery and used to repel the British attack on Zeeland. In 1814 it was a converted store ship in Flushing and was plundered by soldiers. Chattam was sold for breaking up in 1823.3A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 2.

Scale (derived) 1:55.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1257; A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 2

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a 90-Gun Ship of the Line, Netherlands, 1801', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200316122

(accessed 11 December 2025 23:04:38).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, no. 1257, manuscript in NHA 476, inv. no. 1089.
  • 2J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1257.
  • 3A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 2.