Model of a Rudder with a Cap

anonymous, c. 1863

Model van het bovenste gedeelte van een roer. Eén roerhaak is te zien. Over de bovenkant van het blad is een roermuts geschoven, met een zeshoekig gat voor de roerkoning en twee gaten voor de zorgtouwen.

  • Artwork typedemonstration model
  • Object numberNG-MC-1137
  • Dimensionsheight 25.5 cm x width 13.5 cm x depth 2.9 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

anonymous

Model of a Rudder with a Cap

Netherlands, c. 1863

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-1137

Entry

Model of the upper part of a rudder, showing one pintle. The cap fitting over the top of the blade has a hexagonal hole for the shaft of the rudder and two holes for the pendant.

This model was made for the rudder of the 6-gun screw steamer Watergeus, 56 metres long, built in Amsterdam from 1863 to 1864. Caps of this kind were common in the United Kingdom, but when applied to Watergeus caused considerable vibration at low speeds. The rudder had to be replaced by a smaller one.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1137; J.M. Dirkzwager, ‘Problemen en oplossingen bij de ontwikkeling van de stoomvaart in Nederland’, Erfgoed van Industrie en Techniek 3 (1992), pp. 74-90, p. 89

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Rudder with a Cap, Netherlands, c. 1863', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054130

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