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by Montagnetta
Fri May 15, 2020 10:10 pm
Forum: Ships
Topic: Identifying ship models
Replies: 2
Views: 6020

Re: Identifying ship models

That sounds like a very good idea ;)
by Montagnetta
Thu May 07, 2020 7:07 pm
Forum: Ships
Topic: Identifying ship models
Replies: 2
Views: 6020

Identifying ship models

The naval museum of St. Petersburg owns a huge collection of 18th century ship models. A lot of them are characterized on this page: https://navalmuseum.ru/collection/ship/modeli I am searching for the name of this ship: https://imgur.com/9RGyERG It seems to be a 110 gun first rate......maybe Yagudi...
by Montagnetta
Sat May 02, 2020 11:23 pm
Forum: Ship Building
Topic: Mislabeled models of Spanish SOLs
Replies: 1
Views: 7918

Re: Mislabeled models of Spanish SOLs

Another example is the model of "San Fulgencio". As stated on this site the model shows features of the british system (bow, stern design etc.): http://bibliotecavirtualdefensa.es/BVMDefensa/i18n/consulta/resultados_busqueda_restringida.cmd?id=27187&tipoResultados=BIB&posicion=105&...
by Montagnetta
Fri May 01, 2020 9:56 pm
Forum: Ships
Topic: How to identify ships in pictures
Replies: 5
Views: 8180

Re: How to identify ships in pictures

A very detailed and beautiful painting by Christian Mølsted of the capture of the remaining ships of the danish fleet by the british in 1807: https://dnm.dk/opslag/flaaden-forlader-havnen-for-sidste-gang/ Comparing the visible carvings and figureheads with the original plans on this site http://www....
by Montagnetta
Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:28 pm
Forum: Ship Building
Topic: Mislabeled models of Spanish SOLs
Replies: 1
Views: 7918

Mislabeled models of Spanish SOLs

The Museo naval in Madrid has a nice collection of ship models. But some of these are obviously mislabeled or show mistakes in some details. Identifying old ship models is often very difficult due to the loss of information because of owner changes and incomplete documentation. The following link gi...