Ship model
HMS Melville, an English 74 gun ship of the line of 1813
Scale 1 : 64,
length 145 cm, width 50 cm, height 108 cm,
More photos: of
entire ship,
of details. Click on the
photos for high resolution pictures!
Price 15000 Euro, plus transport cost
HMS Melville, an English 74
gun ship of the line
The
"Seventy-four" was a
type of two-decked sailing ship of the line that from about 1770 to about
1830 was a mainstay of the world's fleets. The ship nominally carried 74 guns.
The type of ship was originally developed by the French Navy in the mid-18th
century and later became a standard feature in all European navies. The design
proved to be a good balance between firepower and sailing qualities.
HMS Melville was
one of the standard 74s, built in 1813 - 1817 and named after
Henry
Dundas Viscount Melville who had been
First Lord of the Admiralty in 1804 - 1805. The ship belonged to the
Black
Prince class ship of the line, was ordered in 1813 and launched 1817 at the
Naval Dockyard at Bombay. She served in North America and the West Indies,
later on at Cape of Good Hope and in the East Indies and was present during the
First Opium War with China. In 1857 she was converted to serve as a hospital
ship. In 1873 she was sold out of the navy.
The HMS
Melville model,
photos, description and dimensions
The HMS
Melville
model was built to plans of Harold A. Underhill, scale 1 : 64. It took the
modeller, Mr. Klaus Beining, 2500 work hours in 1993 - 2009 to make this ship model. All pieces except for
the guns were made by himself. The copper-sheathing of the under-water hull has
2800 plates. All sails except for the studding sails are set.
Please take your time to have a good look at
the set of photos. There are
several views of the entire ship model taken from all directions, and several
closer views of hull, deck and
rigging. If you click on a photo you will get that photo in high
resolution. Only these high resolution photographs show how much work and
handicraft ability were put in the model.
Viewing the high resolution photos: If you use Microsoft Internet
Explorer or Firefox, press F11 to minimize navigation bars and have a
larger screen with the photos. The high resolution photos are about 12
megapixel. So they are about 10 - 20 times larger than your 0.5 - 1.3
megapixel computer
screen. Most browsers by default downsize the pictures to screen
size, so you cannot see all the details of the ship models. To see the original
resolution move the mouse over the pictures and click on the magnifying
lens.
This model
of an English 74 gun ship of the line is a true masterpiece, beautifully built
with extreme care for details, especially in detailing the
rigging and sails. When building the model
documentary photos were
taken (webpage with 119 pictures, size 7.3 MB) that have been compounded to
a 100 page book. The book is sold with
model.
The
ship model is 1 : 64 scale.
Length is 145 cm, width 50 cm,
height 108 cm.
The ship can be taken out of the stand, i.e. for transport.
Price of the ship model
and transport
The price of
the model is 15000 Euro, plus transport cost.
Shipping the HMS Melville in a crate by some
package delivery company can be done. Picking up the ship with your car may be a good way, too.
The ship model is available at
Klaus Beining's home in Herford, Germany. Please contact him, if you are interested
in the ship model.
Klaus Beining,
Reitweg 16,
D-32051 Herford, Germany
Tel. +49 5221 32635, email: monika.olthoff@t-online.de
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