Model of a War Galley

Rigged frame model of a cannon galley with forty-six oars, on a stand, incomplete. The ship has a deck with a raised section in the middle; on this raised part and the railing lie the oarlocks. The figurehead is very low and has a crocodile head; in the bow are sleds for two guns, a sled in the stern. Flat stern with a port and doors for the guns; wide rudder with quadrant and tiller through the stern. The keel rises slightly towards the rear, two bark timbers. Round frame. On the starboard side, one skin gang is omitted. The oars lie in brackets outside the railing. The rig is a two-masted schooner rig without sails; the bowsprit is fitted with a bowsprit cap, the masts are attached with brass brackets instead of horseheads. Scale approx. 1:36 (derived).