Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.13622

    Model of HMS Beagle

    Date
    1998
    Creator
    Bernard Fountain (1910 - 2009, British) , Sculptor
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (object): 460mm
    Subject
    Content object
    transport
       > ship
    Description
    Model of HMS Beagle, built to 1/50 scale. Complete with additional boats, guns ‘en flute’, some chain rigging and trysail masts.
    Object history
    Donated by the artist in 2000.

    The Beagle sailed from Devonport for South America in December 1831 under Commander Robert Fitzroy FRS, with a compliment of 59, including Charles Darwin FRS.
    Related fellows
    Charles Robert Darwin (1809 - 1882, British) , Naturalist
    Associated place
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