…; purchased from the Hasselaar family by Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1765-1837), Amsterdam;¹¹HNA 2.01.29.02 Dept. Marine, Aanhangsel I, inv. no. 20, La. E no. 12. sent to the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, October 1818;²²HNA 1.01.47.29 Admiraliteitscolleges, Collectie Van der Hoop, inv. no. 187, nota October 1818. transferred to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-497-1

Wooden frame model of a ship in scaffolding, mounted on a base with an inclined plane representing a slipway.

The model has no planking but shows frames, which consist of nine parts. The gun ports, as far as can be discerned, amount to a total of sixty-six on three decks; the outline of which is only indicated by the gun ports, except for the lower deck, where beams have been fitted. The stern has a round tuck with two gun ports and a hollow counter. No details are provided of a taffrail or quarter galleries; at this stage of construction the stern is still unplanked. The sheer rises towards both ends, only one wale is indicated. The hull is round with a flat middle section.

A remarkable feature are the sister keelsons instead of the single keelson.

The model was purchased by Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1755-1837) from the family of the shipwright Schelte Hasselaar for his private collection.³³HNA 2.01.29.02 Dept. Marine, Aanhangsel I, inv. no. 20, La. E no. 12. It was transferred from Amsterdam to The Hague in 1818.⁴⁴HNA 1.01.47.29 Admiraliteitscolleges, Collectie Van der Hoop, inv. no. 187, nota october 1818. It is doubtful whether this model was built by Schelte Hasselaar,⁵⁵J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 497. as the sister keelsons are a typical feature of the Van Zwijndregt's of Rotterdam.