Half Model of a Fireship, Fully planked timber frame (starboard) of a single mast flat bottom. The skin is partially left open to show the interior. Four levels: very low lower deck with combustible material spread over it, slightly higher a walkway along the edge and a gutter with combustible material to the lower deck, half deck and baking deck supported by deck supports, a chimney on the baking deck, upper campaign. Deck beams lie over the pit. A small port in the fore ship, a large port in the round stern, eight rowing gates. The sheer runs forwards and backwards, triple barkwood. Round
Half Model of a Fireship, Fully planked timber frame (starboard) of a single mast flat bottom. The skin is partially left open to show the interior. Four levels: very low lower deck with combustible material spread over it, slightly higher a walkway along the edge and a gutter with combustible material to the lower deck, half deck and baking deck supported by deck supports, a chimney on the baking deck, upper campaign. Deck beams lie over the pit. A small port in the fore ship, a large port in the round stern, eight rowing gates. The sheer runs forwards and backwards, triple barkwood. Round truss with flat bottom., anonymous, Netherlands, 1770 - 1800, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), paint (coating), h cm × w 84 cm × h cm
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