Half Model of a 24-Gun Bomb Sloop of War

anonymous, c. 1820

Gepolychromeerd beplankt mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Elf geschutpoorten op één dek; campagnedek en bakdek door gillingen aangegeven. Vergulde bloem als schegbeeld. Gewrongen spiegel, bijna plat wulf, hek en zijgalerij van één verdieping; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Het model is voorzien van alle rusten met jufferblokken. Zeeg voor en achter iets oplopend, één barkhout en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant, scherp onderwaterschip. Schaal 1:40 (schaal op model).

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-340
  • Dimensionsheight 40 cm x width 119.7 cm x depth 16 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

anonymous

Half Model of a 24-Gun Bomb Sloop of War

Netherlands, c. 1820

Inscriptions

  • inscription, bottom right, on a piece of paper, in ink:Bombardeer-korvet / [followed by measurements and armament]
  • label, bottom right:340 former inventory label
  • scale, bottom centre: paper scale in inches

Conservation

  • Ab Hoving, maart 2008: minor repairs; retouched

Provenance

…; Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, 1835;1HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 6/11/1835 N44. transferred to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-340

Entry

Polychromed fully planked, wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a three-masted ship, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard painted white.

The side of the ship is fully planked and is painted black with a small white band running along the full length of the gun deck. Eleven shadowed gun ports are painted on the side indicating one continuous deck. The forecastle and poop have square hances. The sheer rises towards both ends. One wale and a sheer rail are indicated. The model has three channels with deadeyes. Ahead of the main channel entering steps are placed. The bow features a fully detailed beakhead with a billethead in the shape of a flower, painted gold, and a cathead. The stern has a round tuck with an almost-flat counter, a taffrail and a single-storey quarter gallery. Below the stern a straight, square-headed rudder is indicated. The hull is sharply S-bottomed and painted a metallic copper colour below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

This model was probably added to the Navy Model Room in 1835.2HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 6/11/1835 N44. Three bomb sloops, all measuring 36.23 metres in length, were built after this design by Pieter Glavimans Jansz (1768-1850) in Rotterdam: Hekla (1819-21, decommissioned in 1830), Proserpina (1818-21, decommissioned in 1835) and Medusa (1827, decommissioned in 1835).3J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 340; A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, pp. 17-18, 20. According to the inscription they were either armed with two mortars, two guns and twenty carronades, or with two guns and twenty carronades of a heavier calibre.

Scale (on model) 1:40.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 340; A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, pp. 17-18, 20

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 24-Gun Bomb Sloop of War, Netherlands, c. 1820', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053653

(accessed 19 December 2025 15:18:59).

Footnotes

  • 1HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 6/11/1835 N44.
  • 2HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 6/11/1835 N44.
  • 3J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 340; A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, pp. 17-18, 20.