For Lilo
My thanks go to Gerrit Menzel and Philip von Klösterlein on the staff of the International Maritime Museum Hamburg (IMMH) and the photographer Michaela Hegenbarth of Altona Museum Hamburg for their untiring support during the making of the photos for this publication. They assisted in numerous photo sessions over several months. I am also indebted to other staff members of the IMMH not mentioned here for their help during the production process of the manuscript.
And, last but not least, I should like to thank Prof. Peter Tamm, who over decades collected prisoner of war bone ship models built during the period of the Napoleonic Wars. This passion led to a collection that is unique worldwide and by far the largest exhibited in a museum. This book project is based on his initiative.
Description and dates of the bone ship models of the Peter Tamm collection (bold: models considered in this book in detail)
BFirst rate warship with three gun decks,
108 cannon and a lion figurehead.
Size: 77 x 71 cm; Inv. No. M-479
C1British Frigate, 50 cannon and figurehead; Size: 51 x 38 cm; Inv. No. M-499
C2French Corvette, 16 cannon and a figurehead. Size: 52 x 42 cm; Inv. No. M-453
C3ETNA, French Topsail schooner, 8 cannon, large carronade midships. Size: 66 x 50.5 cm; Inv. No. M-450
C4British Navy Cutter, 12 guns. Size: 34 x 50 cm; Inv. No. M-452
C5HMS AJAX, Third rate warship with 80 cannon and a warrior figurehead. Size: 52 x 37 cm; Inv. No. M-468
C6HMS DIDON, French Frigate, 34 cannon and a figurehead. Size: 92 x 58 cm; Inv. No. M-482
DThird rate warship with two gun decks, 72 cannon and figurehead; Size: 20.3 x 16.5 cm (Ship), 26.7 x 24.1 x 11.4 cm (Box); Inv. No. M-463
EThird rate warship with two gun decks, 64 cannon and figurehead. Size: 31 x 22.5 cm; Inv. No. M-465
E2Frigate, 30 cannon (Fake); built around 1930. Size: 32 x 12 x 30 cm; Inv. No. M-493
F1First rate warship with three gun decks, 110 cannon and warrior figurehead. Size: 23 x 6.5 x 18 cm; Inv. No. M-476
F2LA COURAGEUSE British Frigate, 50 guns and a figurehead. Size: 50 x 41 cm; Inv. No. M-460
G1LA GLOIRE, French Frigate with 48 cannon and figurehead. Size: 35 x 25 cm; Inv. No. M-457
G2First rate warship with three gun decks, 118 cannon and warrior figurehead. Size: 54 x 41 cm; Inv. No. M-475
G3First rate warship with three gun decks, 102 cannon and figurehead; Size: 26.5 x 25 x 12.5 cm; Model-Length: 18.5 cm; Inv. No. M-846
H1French Corvette with 18 cannon. Size: 25 x 19.5 cm; Inv. No. M-454
H2HMS PRINCE, Second rate warship with three gun decks, 124 cannon and Roman warrior figurehead. Size: 43 x 32 cm; Inv. No. M-473
H3First rate warship with three gun decks, 110 cannon and warrior figurehead. Size: 41 x 11.5 x 31.5 cm; Inv. No. M-477
H4HMS DUKE, Second rate warship with three gun decks, 90 cannon and figurehead. Size: 57 x 46 cm; Inv. No. M-472
I1Third rate warship with two gun decks, 78 cannon and figurehead. Size: 39 x 41,5 cm; model style suggests building at Norman Cross; Inv. No. M-466
I2British Frigate with 50 cannon and figurehead. Size: 50 x 42 cm; Inv. No. M-458
I3SANTÍSIMA TRINIDAD, Spanish First rate warship with three gun decks, 130 cannon and figurehead.
Size: 66 x 55.5 cm; Inv. No. M-462
JHMS GLORY ex LA GLOIRE, British Frigate with 46 cannon and a warrior figurehead. Size: 137 x 118 cm; Inv. No. M-455
K1Third rate warship with two gun decks, 58 cannon; Inv. No. M-480
K2French Third rate warship with two gun decks, 78 cannon and warrior figurehead. Size: 32 x 28.5 cm; Inv. No. M-467
K3PELICAN ex VOLTIGEUR, French brig with 16 cannon and figurehead. Size: 28 x 25 cm; Inv. No. M-451
L1First rate warship with three gun decks, 106 cannon and figurehead. Size: 29 x 21 cm; Inv. No. M-474
L2HERCULE, French Third rate warship with two gun decks, 86 cannon and warrior figurehead (Hercule with club). Size: 64 x 56 cm; Inv. No. M-469
L3French Third rate warship with two gun decks, 80 cannon and figurehead. Size: 38 x 13 cm; Inv. No. M-496
MLA SYRENE, British Frigate with 52 cannon and figurehead. Size: 98 x 63 cm; Inv. No. M-461
NCHESAPEAKE, US Frigate with 46 cannon made of whale bone. Size: 144 x 96 cm; built by American prisoners of war imprisoned around 1814 in English depots. The model was a gift to the widow of Captain Lawrence. Inv. No. M-456
Photos of the bone ship models of the Peter Tamm collection (bold: models considered in this book in detail)