# Half model of a floating 32-gun artillery battery

- By: Rijkswerf Willemsoord
- Date: 1861
- Medium: wood (plant material), brass (alloy)
- Classification: scale model
- Dimensions: height 28.4 cm x width 130.2 cm x depth 24 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/NG-MC-1121--af7430afc80e8722d79bf87df774b153)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/MyyUb/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The Royal Netherlands Navy converted wooden ships of the line into floating batteries, hoping to give these expensive vessels a second lease of life as artillery plat-forms for the defence of Dutch river estuaries and inland waterways. This model represents the battery Neptunus, which was fitted with 32 guns. The Neptunus was origi-nally built as a ship of the line with the same name.