Half model of a floating 32-gun artillery battery

Rijkswerf Willemsoord, 1861

The Royal Netherlands Navy converted wooden ships of the line into floating batteries, hoping to give these expensive vessels a second lease of life as artillery plat-forms for the defence of Dutch river estuaries and inland waterways. This model represents the battery Neptunus, which was fitted with 32 guns. The Neptunus was origi-nally built as a ship of the line with the same name.

  • Artwork typescale model, construction model
  • Object numberNG-MC-1121
  • Dimensionsheight 28.4 cm x width 130.2 cm x depth 24 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and brass