Half Model of a Floating Battery, Polychromed stacking model (starboard) of a floating battery, gray below and black above the waterline. The hull is that of a line ship of 84 pieces, the lower part sawn off and provided with a flat bottom, the upper decks removed and replaced by an armored superstructure with receding front and rear bulkhead: this superstructure has a high front and rear part with inwards sloping roofs. Three artillery ports in the side and two rows of one and a half artillery ports in the front and rear bulkhead (the battery had six parts in front and six in back). In the op

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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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