Object data
wood, brass and paint
height 14.5 cm × width 29.4 cm × depth 14.5 cm
Rijkswerf Willemsoord
Model of Gun Ports on a Floating Battery
Den Helder, Netherlands, 1861
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1154
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Model of part of the ship’s side with two gun ports, mounted on a rectangular base.
The shutters are made of metal and are divided into upper and lower halves opening outwards, leaving a round aperture for the muzzle when closed. The shutters of one gun port have their hinges on the outside, the other on the inside. Hooks secure the shutters in position when open.
The model represents a proposal for armour-plated gun ports by P.A. Bruijn in response to a request for smaller gun ports fore and aft on the 32-gun floating battery Neptunus in 1861. This proposal for armoured shutters against rifle fire and grapeshot was accepted for all floating batteries.
Scale (derived) 1:25.
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1154
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Rijkswerf Willemsoord, Model of Gun Ports on a Floating Battery, Den Helder, 1861', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244967
(accessed 28 December 2024 04:01:19).