Friesland — 1663 Dutch 80-Gun Ship of the Line Model, Large | Admiral Line
Friesland — 1663 Dutch 80-Gun Ship of the Line Model, Large | Admiral Line
Model details
- Materials
- Mahogany, Western red cedar, Rosewood, Brass, Linen sails
- Construction
- Plank-on-frame, built by hand
- Condition
- Fully assembled, ready to display
- Display
- Wooden base with brass nameplate
- Collection
- Tall Ship Models - Admiral Line
- Item no.
- T027
A Dutch first rate from the years when a republic of under two million people was fighting England, France and Spain at sea simultaneously — and mostly winning.
Built plank on frame in western red cedar, rosewood and mahogany at large scale, with the carved and gilded stern that distinguished Dutch flagships from their plainer English contemporaries.
Construction
- Large plank-on-frame hull in western red cedar, rosewood and mahogany
- Two gun decks with individually fitted cast cannon and carved port surrounds
- Carved and gilded stern gallery, quarter galleries and beakhead
- Three masts and bowsprit with full hand-knotted standing and running rigging
- Hand-stitched linen sails on every yard
- Ship's boats, capstan, wheel, gratings, ladders and rails
- Metal anchors and wooden rudder
- Solid wood base and engraved brass nameplate
- Fully assembled
History
Launched in 1663 for the Admiralty of Friesland — one of five semi-independent admiralties that jointly made up the Dutch navy — she carried 80 guns into the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Dutch warships were built broad and shallow because the harbours of the Republic sat behind sandbanks a deep-draught ship could not cross, and that constraint shaped a distinct national style of shipbuilding for two centuries.