Half Model of a Pilot Cutter

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

ObjectNumber: NG-MC-471

Fully planked wooden half block model of the starboard side of a single-masted cutter, mounted on a rectangular, white-painted wooden backboard with a stand.

The side of the ship is planked. The stem is vertical. The stern is elliptical and has a flat transom, decorated with foliage. Below the stern a round-headed rudder with a rounded blade is positioned. The sheer rises forward. One wale is indicated. The hull is V-shaped. The keel drops significantly towards the stern. The position of a single mast is shown in a truncated form.

Scale (according to Obreen)¹¹J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 471. 1:40.

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 471

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Pilot Cutter, Flushing, 1851 - 1852', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244284