Halfmodel van een raderstoomschip

Rijkswerf Vlissingen, ca. 1844 - ca. 1848

Gepolychromeerd, geheel beplankt mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een tweemast raderstoomschip. Het model toont twee geschutpoorten. Het schegbeeld is een vergulde krul. Elliptisch hek; roer met ronde roerkoning (Soetermeer's versie), roerblad onder afgerond. Raderkast afgedekt met omgekeerde reddingboot. Volledig vlakke zeeg, twee barkhouten en een reehout. Rondspant. Schaal 1:40 (afgeleid).

  • Soort kunstwerkscheepsmodel, werfmodel, halfmodel
  • ObjectnummerNG-MC-480
  • Afmetingenhoogte 31,5 cm x breedte 143 cm x diepte 20 cm
  • Fysieke kenmerkenhout en messing

Rijkswerf Vlissingen

Half Model of a Paddle Steamer

Flushing, c. 1844 - c. 1848

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on an oval label:CYCLOOP / STOOM-OORLOGSCHIP / 4 Stukken
  • inscription, bottom right, on a piece of paper, in ink:Voornaamste Afmetingen. / [followed by measurements and armament]
  • label, centre right:480 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-480

Entry

Polychromed and fully planked wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a two-masted paddle steamer, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard, painted white.

The side of the ship that is painted black is planked and features a closed paddle box. The paddle box carries an upturned lifeboat on top. Two gun ports are indicated in the bulwark. The rounded bow features a detailed beakhead with a decorative, gold-painted scroll as a billethead. Below the elliptical stern a round-headed rudder of the Soetermeer type is indicated, with a blade rounded off at the bottom. The sheer is flat. Two wales and a sheer rail are indicated. The hull is round and painted a metallic copper colour below the waterline. The waterline itself is painted white. The position of two masts and the bowsprit are shown in a truncated form.

Left and right of the hull, at the waterline, are two small square holes, possibly for mounting a metal leg.

The model was sent from Flushing to The Hague in 1848.1HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, inv. no. 3956, Exh. 14/8/1848 N5. The 4- to 6-gun paddle steamer Cycloop, 47 metres long, was built by August Elize Tromp (1801-1871) in Flushing from 1840 to 1843. In 1844, the Russian Tsar crossed the Channel to the United Kingdom in this ship.2HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, inv. no. 3956, Exh. 16/3/1844 N13 and 10/9/1844 N21. It was subsequently converted for accommodating royal guests. In 1851 it was used as a convoy of the herring fleet. In 1855 it ran aground near Zandvoort and was decommissioned in 1873.3A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 46.

Scale (according to Obreen)4J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 480. 1:40.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 480; A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 46

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Rijkswerf Vlissingen, Half Model of a Paddle Steamer, Flushing, c. 1844 - c. 1848', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053768

(accessed 15 December 2025 22:56:34).

Footnotes

  • 1HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, inv. no. 3956, Exh. 14/8/1848 N5.
  • 2HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, inv. no. 3956, Exh. 16/3/1844 N13 and 10/9/1844 N21.
  • 3A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 46.
  • 4J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 480.