Half Model of a Screw Steamer

Rijkswerf Amsterdam, 1857 - 1860

Gepolychromeerd en geheel beplankt mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemast schroefstoomschip. Het schegbeeld is een vergulde krul. Elliptisch hek met Rijkswapen, waarboven een onbekend wapen; roer met ronde roerkoning (Amerikaans roer) en afgerond roerblad; het model heeft een schroefkoker voor een schroeflichttoestel. Zeeg nagenoeg vlak, een reehout. V-vormig onderwaterschip met ronde kimmen. Het model is uitgerust met alle rusten en puttings. Schaal 1:50 (schaal op model).

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-1077
  • Dimensionsheight 32.5 cm x width 148.5 cm x depth 15 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood, brass and paint

Rijkswerf Amsterdam

Half Model of a Screw Steamer

Amsterdam, 1857 - 1860

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on an oval light blue label:CITADEL van ANTWERPEN / Schroefstoomschip 2e Klasse / 250 Pk: 12 Stukken. / 1/50 ware grootte.
  • inscription, bottom right, on a piece of paper, in ink:Voornaamste bepalingen. / [followed by measurements and armament, ed.] / Amsterdam 2 Juli 1860 / De Hoofd Ingenieur der Marine / H.G. Jansen. / [followed by scale, ed.]

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-1077

Entry

Polychromed and fully planked wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a three-masted screw steamer, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard, painted cream.

The side of the ship is planked on top of frame moulds. The bow features a detailed beakhead with a decorative, gold-painted scroll as a billethead. The stern is elliptical and bears the coat of arms of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Below the stern is an empty aperture for a screw propeller, and a round-headed rudder with a rounded blade can be seen. The model has a well for lifting the screw propeller. The sheer is virtually flat. One sheer rail is indicated. The hull has a wide V-shape, rounded at the bilges, and is painted a metallic copper colour below the waterline. The model has three sets of channels rigged with chainplates. The position of three masts and the bowsprit, all painted white, is shown in a truncated form.

This model was ordered at the Navy dockyard in Amsterdam in 18571HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 29/5/1857 N34. and reported completed on 2 July 1860.2See inscription; HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 5/7/1860 N10. The 13-gun Second Rate screw steamer Dordrecht, 56 metres long, was built in Amsterdam from 1856 to 1857. Dordrecht was iron-built and wood-clad; in 1868 it was renamed Citadel van Antwerpen. From 1865 to 1868 Dordrecht was lengthened by an extra four metres at the Navy dockyard in Flushing. The vessel served in the Dutch East Indies, where it was transferred to the Dutch East Indian Military Navy in 1877. That same year Dordrecht took part in the Samalanga expedition, before decommissioned in 1878 and sold for breaking up in Surabaya in 1879.3A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 64.

Scale (on model) 1:50.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1077; A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 64

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Rijkswerf Amsterdam, Half Model of a Screw Steamer, Amsterdam, 1857 - 1860', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054095

(accessed 13 January 2026 11:10:48).

Footnotes

  • 1HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 29/5/1857 N34.
  • 2See inscription; HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 5/7/1860 N10.
  • 3A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 64.