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 frigate of 44 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. Two artillery ports in the side (there were three on port side), and two artillery artillery ports located in the front and rear bulkhead. In the opposite internal bulkheads of
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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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