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Naval Sailing Ship Model - HMS Royal George Reg. No: HT 17107

Summary:: Minature model of the three-masted three-decked British naval ship HMS Royal George of the mid 18th-century.

HMS Royal George was a 100-gun ship launched in 1756 and sank at Portsmouth on 29 August 1782 with the loss of over 800 lives. In 1839-40 the wreck was one of the earliest to be explored by divers using air supplied from a vessel on the surface.

Discipline:	Technology
Dimensions:	110 mm (Height), 40 mm (Width), 140 mm (Length)
Dimension Comment:	Depth of hull from waterline only.

Tagged with:	battleships, naval vessels, sailing vessels, shipping, water transport
Themes this item is part of:	Transport Collection
Primary Classification:	WATER TRANSPORT
Secondary Classification:	Wind Power - Sailing Vessels
Tertiary Classification:	model naval vessels - british
References:	See Björn Landström, The Ship - A Survey of the History of the Ship from Primitive Raft to the Nuclear-Powered Submarine with Reconstructions in Words and Pictures, Allen & Unwin, 1961. Translated from Skeppet by Michael Phillips.