Object data
wood, brass and iron
height 24.5 cm × width 14 cm × depth 2.4 cm
Rijkswerf Vlissingen
Model of a Rudder with a Cap
Flushing, 1860
Inscriptions
- inscription, above the inventory label: LL [loadline]
- inscription, at the top of the rudder
- label, on the stern: 1064 former inventory label
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1064
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Model of a rudder and rudder post with part of the keel and the aftermost frames.
The wooden blade has two rudder irons, rests on a skeg and is fitted with a cap, on to which the brass rudder post is fixed. The cap has two eyes for the preventer chain. The shaft of the rudder is round, fastened with an extra gudgeon to the sternpost and fits in the helm port with a brass gasket. The rudder head is square and fits into a hole in the short iron tiller.
This model represents the rudder of the flotilla steamer Haarlemmermeer, 40.7 metres long, built in Flushing from 1859 to 1860. The design is probably French, as it is explicitly mentioned and sketched by Bruno Johannes Tideman (1834-1883) in a report of a journey made to France in 1859.
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1064
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Rijkswerf Vlissingen, Model of a Rudder with a Cap, Flushing, 1860', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244879
(accessed 23 November 2024 04:45:00).