Section of a Hollow Stringer

Millwall Iron Works (mentioned on object), c. 1868

Doorsnede van een hol ijzeren langsverband, dat gevuld met teak de pantsering dient te verstevigen. Het heeft de vorm van een vierkante omega. Boven het opschrift is een afbeelding van een hond gestanst.

  • Artwork typeship fitting
  • Object numberNG-MC-1255
  • Dimensionsheight 18 cm x width 23.3 cm x depth 1.7 cm
  • Physical characteristicsiron

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Section of a Hollow Stringer

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-1255

  • Description

    Doorsnede van een hol ijzeren langsverband, dat gevuld met teak de pantsering dient te verstevigen. Het heeft de vorm van een vierkante omega. Boven het opschrift is een afbeelding van een hond gestanst.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription, top centre: ‘MILLWALL’

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    manufacturer: Millwall Iron Works (mentioned on object), Millwall

  • Dating

    c. 1868

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    iron

  • Dimensions

    height 18 cm x width 23.3 cm x depth 1.7 cm

Explanatory note

  • Volgens de inventaris werden in 1868 proeven hiermee gedaan te Shoeburyness.

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

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

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Millwall Iron Works

Section of a Hollow Stringer

Millwall, c. 1868

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre:MILLWALL

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-1255

Entry

Section of a hollow iron stringer, a longitudinal ship beam, which was filled with teak to reinforce the armour. The section is an angular omega shape. Above the inscription a dog-shaped figure has been stamped.

Millwall is an area of East London and situated on the Isle of Dogs, to which the mark of the dog on the stringer might refer. After the construction of the West India Docks in 1802, the East India Docks in 1806 and the Millwall Dock in 1868, it became home to many warehouses, yards and factories. The Millwall Iron Works were founded in 1835, and evolved into a massive ironwork and ship-building company, producing armour plate for cladding ships of the British Navy until the company went into receivership in 1866 and was liquidated in 1871. Parts of Millwall Iron Works remained in use until the 1990s.

According to the inventory,1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1255. tests were made with this type of hollow stringer at Shoeburyness in 1868.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1255

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Millwall Iron Works, Section of a Hollow Stringer, Millwall, c. 1868', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054204

(accessed 7 augustus 2026 13:33:07 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1255.