Half Model of an 80-Gun Ship of the Line 'Wreeker'

anonymous, c. 1797

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Geen geschutpoorten, geen dekken aangegeven; halfdek kan onderscheiden worden door de gillingen. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Naar achteren oplopende zeeg, twee berghouten en één reehout. Rond onderwaterschip. Schaal ca. 1:55 (afgeleid).

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-270
  • Dimensionsheight 37.8 cm x width 139.1 cm x depth 15.3 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

anonymous

Half Model of an 80-Gun Ship of the Line

Netherlands, c. 1797

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on a square black metal label:WREEKER.1798
  • label, bottom right:270 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-270

Entry

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. The model does not indicate the forecastle, whereas the quarterdeck is outlined by ribbands with square hances. The sheer rises towards the stern. Two wales and a sheer rail are indicated, all are painted black. The bow features an empty beakhead with two cheeks positioned directly on the beakhead, a beakhead bulkhead and part of a beakhead platform. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail or quarter galleries. It has a straight, square-headed rudder. The hull is round and painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

The main differences between the first design for the 80-gun ship of the line Wreeker as shown by model NG-MC-269 and this one, are the beakhead platform and the shape of the hull, which is a lot bulkier on this one. Wreeker, 195 feet long, was built by R. Dorsman in Rotterdam from 1797 to 1998.1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 270. It was renamed Koninklijke Hollander in 1806, Kroonprins in 1808, Prince in 1810 and Prins in 1814 and broken up in 1819.2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 4. According to one source the design for the Wreeker was later used for the Zoutman.3HNA 4.MST 53.

Scale (derived) c. 1:55.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 270; A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 4

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of an 80-Gun Ship of the Line, 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/20053586

(accessed 12 December 2025 08:50:30).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 270.
  • 2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 4.
  • 3HNA 4.MST 53.