Model of the Stern of a Steam Battery, Half model of the stern of a stacked steam battery, on a floorboard. The skin of the model has been omitted, the construction can be seen inside and outside. It represents a converted ship of the line: the number of decks has been reduced to the bottom three, a superstructure with a dome on top of it, the skin above the waterline is made vertical, with the result that the elliptical aft has been turned into a pointed hole. The stern has been replaced by a vertical stern, with behind it a screw window and a stirring stern. The rudder is kept completely below the water line and has a stirring quadrant: the chain of the quadrant is attached to a rod, which enters the hull through the skin and is connected to a steering quadrant. The dome is fourteen-sided, each side with a shooting hole, and has a flat top with a square hole, inside, it is circular and equipped with rails for armor plates with which the firing holes can be closed. Scale 1:25 (scale on model), De Ruyter (ship), Rijkswerf Vlissingen, 1863, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), model: h 40.8 cm × w 70 cm × d 21.8 cm packaging capsule: h 46 cm × w 73.5 cm × d 25.5 cm
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