Half Model of a 32-Gun Frigate

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

ObjectNumber: NG-MC-1352

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

The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. A tier of thirteen gun ports are indicated by white frames. The waist between the forecastle and quarterdeck is closed by a continuous bulwark. The bow features an empty beakhead with two cheeks and a black knighthead next to the bowsprit. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail or galleries. Below the stern a straight, square-headed rudder is indicated. The sheer rises slightly towards both ends. Two wales and a sheer rail are indicated, painted black. The hull has a slight S-bottom and is painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit are shown in a truncated form.

Two 32-gun frigates, both measuring 145 feet in length, were built according to the lines shown by this model. Juno and Phoenix were built by Pieter Glavimans Jansz (1768-1850) in Rotterdam in 1797. Juno was stranded in Amboina in 1803.¹¹HNA 1.01.47.36 Admiraliteitscolleges, Losse Aanwinsten, inv. no. 17, Genealogie Asmus.

Scale (derived) approx. 1:40.

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, p. 55; J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1352

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 32-Gun Frigate, Netherlands, c. 1797', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054237