Model of Part of a Rigged Foremast with Parrel Brace

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

ObjectNumber: NG-MC-592

Model of the upper part of a made foremast with top, forestay and shrouds, the lower part of the fore topmast and the middle section of the fore yard, mounted on a base.

The mast is composed according to Seppings’ method. The purpose of the model is to demonstrate the parrel brace holding the yard, which can turn in any direction, and the chain preventer sling of the yard hanging from the mast cap. The topmast is secured with two lever fids.

This model represents the foremast of a 32-gun sloop of war.¹¹J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 592.

Scale (according to Obreen)²²J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 592. 1:10.

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 592; J.C. Pilaar, Handleiding tot de kennis van het tuig, de masten, zeilen, enz. van het schip, Amsterdam 1858 (3rd ed. rev. by G.P.J. Mossel), pp. 200-01

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Rijkswerf Amsterdam, Model of Part of a Rigged Foremast with Parrel Brace, Amsterdam, 1838', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244407