Model ship
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
2210 x 1070 mm; 2720 mm (Length)
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Borrowdale, Cumbria
NT 622730
Summary
Model ship of 64 guns, c. 1800. Believed to have been made by French prisoners of war during the Napoleonic period. Greek warrior figurehead may identify it as a model of the Argonaut, captured from the French in 1783. Conservation: M. Wilson, 2000.