Half Model of an 18-Gun Brig

anonymous, c. 1828 - c. 1830

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten, negen geschilderde geschutpoorten op één dek. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, gesloten hek, geen zijgalerij; roer met ronde roerkoning (type Soetermeer). Zeeg naar voor en achter iets oplopend, één barkhout en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant. Schaal ca. 1:40 (afgeleid).

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-370
  • Dimensionsheight 30 cm x width 102.4 cm x depth 14.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of an 18-Gun Brig

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-370

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten, negen geschilderde geschutpoorten op één dek. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, gesloten hek, geen zijgalerij; roer met ronde roerkoning (type Soetermeer). Zeeg naar voor en achter iets oplopend, één barkhout en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant. Schaal ca. 1:40 (afgeleid).

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription, top centre, on a blue roundel, painted: ‘DE / MEERMIN / 18 ST.’
    • label, bottom right: ‘370’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Flushing (possibly)

  • Dating

    c. 1828 - c. 1830

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 30 cm x width 102.4 cm x depth 14.5 cm

Explanatory note

  • De brik van 18 stukken Meermin, lang 31.5 (26.5) m, werd in 1828-1830 door C. Soetermeer te Vlissingen gebouwd. Na te zijn gezonken bij het kielen in Curaçao in 1848 en weer te zijn gelicht, werd zij in 1851 afgevoerd.

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Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

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anonymous

Half Model of an 18-Gun Brig

? Flushing, c. 1828 - c. 1830

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on a blue roundel, painted:DE / MEERMIN / 18 ST.
  • label, bottom right:370 former inventory label

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-370

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a three-masted ship, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard with a stand.

The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. Above the wale the side is planked and painted black. Nine shadowed gun ports are painted on the side, indicating one continuous gun deck, highlighted by a horizontal yellow band. At the forecastle and stern two raised bulwarks with square hances are indicated. The sheer rises slightly to both ends. One wale and one sheer rail are indicated. The bow features an empty beakhead and a black knighthead. The stern has a round tuck, a hollow counter and a taffrail. Below the stern a round-headed rudder of the Soetermeer-type is indicated. The hull is S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

The 18-gun brig Meermin, 31.5 metres long, was built by Cornelis Soetermeer (1782-1842) in Flushing from 1828 to 1830. Obreen describes this model as a brig,1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 370. and the Meermin was also listed as such in Navy records. A brig usually has only two masts, whereas this model has three. Meermin sank while being heeled in Curaçao in 1848, but was raised and served in the Navy for three more years before it was decommissioned in 1851.2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 26.

Scale (derived) approx. 1:40.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 370; A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 26

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of an 18-Gun Brig, Flushing, c. 1828 - c. 1830', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053681

(accessed 30 oktober 2026 11:45:24 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 370.
  • 2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 26.