Three-decker, c. 1660

About the object

• Description
  This unplanked model of a three-decker can be dated to c. 1660 and is one of the world's oldest models of a warship. Although not definitively identified, recent research links it to the Swedish ship *Riksäpplet*, designed by the English master shipwright Francis Sheldon and launched in 1661. The model was possibly made fo...

  This unplanked model of a three-decker can be dated to c. 1660 and is one of the world's oldest models of a warship. Although not definitively identified, recent research links it to the Swedish ship *Riksäpplet*, designed by the English master shipwright Francis Sheldon and launched in 1661.

  The model was possibly made for Sheldon, who came to Sweden in 1659. He was one of a number of English shipwrights employed by the Swedish crown during the period. Previously, most Swedish warships had been built in the Dutch style.

  From around 1660, the English Royal Navy’s administrators commissioned models that were accurately detailed and true to scale. These miniatures, which came to be called Navy or Admiralty Board models, had an unplanked lower hull to emphasise the shape of the underwater body.

  The model was restored by rear-admiral Jacob Hägg in the late 1890s. Missing parts have been reconstructed using lighter coloured wood.

  3D model produced by Adam de Kaminski and Vasilis Haroupas for SMTM, 2023

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• Designation Fartygsmodell
• Precise designation Örlogsfartygsmodell
• Identifier O 00003
• Avbildad namn
  • RIKSÄPPLET (1661)osäker
  • NASEBY/CHARLES ROYALenligt felaktig tradition
    • Alternative namesRIKSÄPPLET
    • Other informationRederi: KGL FLOTTAN || Rederi ort: SVERIGE ||
    • DigitaltMuseumSearch in «NASEBY/CHARLES ROYAL»
• Indexing term Örlogsfartyg
• Type Thing

• Dimensions value
  • Skala : 11:480.0 mm
  • Length1230.0 mm
  • Height335.0 mm

• Materials Trä Alm

• Colour Nya delar i ljusare avvikande färg

• Other information

  Rederi: KGL FLOTTAN, Ort: SVERIGE

  I England blev det cirka 1660 vanligt att tillverka modeller av större örlogsskepp för godkännande innan bygget satte igång. Sådana spantmodeller, utan bordläggning men ofta dekorerade, kom att kallas "navy board models" eller amiralitetsmodeller. Den samtida svenska termen var "schamplun".

  Ur "Äldre fartygsmodeller vid Statens Sjöhistoriska museum, Rapport från undersökningen 1989-1990" av Glete, Jan:

  "Modell Ö3, tredäckat örlogsfartyg av engelsk typ från 1600-talets mitt.

  Skala: sannolikt 1:48

  Denna modell torde vara identisk med 'gammalt 70-kanonskepp' omnämnt i inventariet för Modellkammaren i Karlskrona 22/9 1800 och upptaget i inventariet."

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