Model of a Careening Hulk

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

ObjectNumber: NG-MC-31

Part frame, part block model of a careening hulk.

The model is of a carvel-built vessel with one deck and an almost flat, though keeled bottom. Bow and stern are round, the sheer is almost flat and the model has one wale. It has one mast with two separate tackles going through double blocks; behind the mast two capstans are indicated. In front of the mast two heavy treble blocks have been attached through the deck in a slot where they can move laterally. An unknown part, probably a pump, is missing in front of the treble blocks. The deck features numerous rings and a couple of sheaves. Parts of the deck can be removed to reveal the hold. Two hatches provide access to two companionways.

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 31

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Careening Hulk, Netherlands, c. 1800 - c. 1858', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.242756