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Model of the monitor Tijger
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The monitor is a product of the American Civil War, named after the first ship of this type. The vessel’s characteristic feature was its low deck on which a large central cannon was installed for a maximum field of fire. The Tijger was built for the Royal Netherlands Navy at the Scottish ship-yard Napier & Sons. Monitors were designed to protect river estuaries and other stretches of inland waterways.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineModel of the monitor Tijger. 1868. R. Napier & Sons. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
