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Over a period of ~ 25 years, I visited this museum probably about a dozen of times, or so. And each time I took a handful of photographs. So, today I have quite a collection of pics from there.
It is not nearly as big as, let's say, The US Navy Museum in Annapolis, but It is a very interesting little maritime museum, with an exceptionally friendly staff, mostly of volunteers, passionate individuals, who fondly greet every visitor and are willing to help him/her.
This is the museum, the next NRG conference will be held next year.
Their collection of ship models includes, among the others, about half a dozen ship models by the late Edward Marple, who was a dental technician, so he was quite handy with his dental drill and was using it quite skillfully for carving the ornamentation for his models. Among those especially interesting ones, are his Sovereign of the Seas, the Royal George and the Royal Katherine...
The museum also has quite an interesting collection of maritime paintings, among them a large format painting of the Royal Sovereign by Van de Velde the Younger. I also like very much their paintings by John Stobart.
Here is a handful of my pics from my last visit in June 2019. (Hopefully I will be able to attend the upcoming Conference and revisit their models again).
 
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Vasa by William Siegfried
 

Xebec L'Indiscret by Unknown
 

galley La Reale de France
 

Frigate Seahorse by James Cutler
 

Royal George by Edward Marple
 

Royal George by Edward Marple
 

Royal Katherine by Edward Marple
 

John Bentham Dinsdale "English King Charles II receiving the fleet after the Battle of Solebay 1672"
 

prisoner of war bone model
 

Royal Katherine by Edward Marple
 

Mars
 

HMS Serapis
 

Charles Martin Powell "British Man-O- War with Dutch Sailing Vessels in a  Choppy Sea" 1805
 

Chinese Exhibit
 

Steam Yacht "Mayflower"
 
 

Steam Yacht "Mayflower"
 

John Stobart "Vallejo Street Wharf, San Francisco 1863"
 

Montague Dawson "The Atlantic sailing packet Daniel Webster"
 

Jonn Stobart "Clipper Ship 'Nightingale' Towing Out Past Greenwich in 1852"
 

John Stobart "Nantucket Sunrise"
 

Edward Marple's workplace (museum reconstruction)
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

HMS "Prince" Edward Marple's last model (unfinished)
 

E. Marple's workplace with unfinished HMS "Prince"
 

E. Marple's workplace & unfinished HMS 'Prince'
 

E. Marple's workplace - detail
 

Roy Cross "Robert E. Lee in New Orleans 1870s"
 

Roy Cross "Steamer Adelaide Passing Fort McHenry"
 

Roy Cross "The Devonshire"
 
 

John Wilson Carmichel  "Squadron of Frigates and Fishing Vessels in a Choppy See off Holy Island"
 
 
And the last pic here is a general view of Mr. Marple's workshop (reconstructed) again

Here is a handful more pics from this place (HMS Royal George and HMS Royal Katherine by Mr. Marple)
 
(It is difficult to photograph through glass panes, even with a polarising filter!)
 
 
 
 

Here is a handful more pics from this place (HMS Royal George and HMS Royal Katherine by Mr. Marple)
 
(It is difficult to photograph through glass panes, even with a polarising filter!)
 
 
 
 

Over a period of ~ 25 years, I visited this museum probably about a dozen of times, or so. And each time I took a handful of photographs. So, today I have quite a collection of pics from there.
It is not nearly as big as, let's say, The US Navy Museum in Annapolis, but It is a very interesting little maritime museum, with an exceptionally friendly staff, mostly of volunteers, passionate individuals, who fondly greet every visitor and are willing to help him/her.
This is the museum, the next NRG conference will be held next year.
Their collection of ship models includes, among the others, about half a dozen ship models by the late Edward Marple, who was a dental technician, so he was quite handy with his dental drill and was using it quite skillfully for carving the ornamentation for his models. Among those especially interesting ones, are his Sovereign of the Seas, the Royal George and the Royal Katherine...
The museum also has quite an interesting collection of maritime paintings, among them a large format painting of the Royal Sovereign by Van de Velde the Younger. I also like very much their paintings by John Stobart.
Here is a handful of my pics from my last visit in June 2019. (Hopefully I will be able to attend the upcoming Conference and revisit their models again).
 
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Vasa by William Siegfried
 

Xebec L'Indiscret by Unknown
 

galley La Reale de France
 

Frigate Seahorse by James Cutler
 

Royal George by Edward Marple
 

Royal George by Edward Marple
 

Royal Katherine by Edward Marple
 

John Bentham Dinsdale "English King Charles II receiving the fleet after the Battle of Solebay 1672"
 

prisoner of war bone model
 

Royal Katherine by Edward Marple
 

Mars
 

HMS Serapis
 

Charles Martin Powell "British Man-O- War with Dutch Sailing Vessels in a  Choppy Sea" 1805
 

Chinese Exhibit
 

Steam Yacht "Mayflower"
 
 

Steam Yacht "Mayflower"
 

John Stobart "Vallejo Street Wharf, San Francisco 1863"
 

Montague Dawson "The Atlantic sailing packet Daniel Webster"
 

Jonn Stobart "Clipper Ship 'Nightingale' Towing Out Past Greenwich in 1852"
 

John Stobart "Nantucket Sunrise"
 

Edward Marple's workplace (museum reconstruction)
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

HMS "Prince" Edward Marple's last model (unfinished)
 

E. Marple's workplace with unfinished HMS "Prince"
 

E. Marple's workplace & unfinished HMS 'Prince'
 

E. Marple's workplace - detail
 

Roy Cross "Robert E. Lee in New Orleans 1870s"
 

Roy Cross "Steamer Adelaide Passing Fort McHenry"
 

Roy Cross "The Devonshire"
 
 

John Wilson Carmichel  "Squadron of Frigates and Fishing Vessels in a Choppy See off Holy Island"
 
 
And the last pic here is a general view of Mr. Marple's workshop (reconstructed) again

Here is a handful more pics from this place (HMS Royal George and HMS Royal Katherine by Mr. Marple)
 
(It is difficult to photograph through glass panes, even with a polarising filter!)
 
 
 
 

Here is some museum info on him.
 

As far as I know. They used beef bones from their food rations.
Except, of course, for the rigging. I was told, that some of those prisoners used their own long hair and twisted it into ropes for their models.
Hard to believe...

Here is a handful more pics from this place (HMS Royal George and HMS Royal Katherine by Mr. Marple)
 
(It is difficult to photograph through glass panes, even with a polarising filter!)
 
 
 
 

Here is some museum info on him.
 

Here is a handful more pics from this place (HMS Royal George and HMS Royal Katherine by Mr. Marple)
 
(It is difficult to photograph through glass panes, even with a polarising filter!)
 
 
 
 

Here is a handful more pics from this place (HMS Royal George and HMS Royal Katherine by Mr. Marple)
 
(It is difficult to photograph through glass panes, even with a polarising filter!)
 
 
 
 

Here is some museum info on him.
 

Over a period of ~ 25 years, I visited this museum probably about a dozen of times, or so. And each time I took a handful of photographs. So, today I have quite a collection of pics from there.
It is not nearly as big as, let's say, The US Navy Museum in Annapolis, but It is a very interesting little maritime museum, with an exceptionally friendly staff, mostly of volunteers, passionate individuals, who fondly greet every visitor and are willing to help him/her.
This is the museum, the next NRG conference will be held next year.
Their collection of ship models includes, among the others, about half a dozen ship models by the late Edward Marple, who was a dental technician, so he was quite handy with his dental drill and was using it quite skillfully for carving the ornamentation for his models. Among those especially interesting ones, are his Sovereign of the Seas, the Royal George and the Royal Katherine...
The museum also has quite an interesting collection of maritime paintings, among them a large format painting of the Royal Sovereign by Van de Velde the Younger. I also like very much their paintings by John Stobart.
Here is a handful of my pics from my last visit in June 2019. (Hopefully I will be able to attend the upcoming Conference and revisit their models again).
 
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Vasa by William Siegfried
 

Xebec L'Indiscret by Unknown
 

galley La Reale de France
 

Frigate Seahorse by James Cutler
 

Royal George by Edward Marple
 

Royal George by Edward Marple
 

Royal Katherine by Edward Marple
 

John Bentham Dinsdale "English King Charles II receiving the fleet after the Battle of Solebay 1672"
 

prisoner of war bone model
 

Royal Katherine by Edward Marple
 

Mars
 

HMS Serapis
 

Charles Martin Powell "British Man-O- War with Dutch Sailing Vessels in a  Choppy Sea" 1805
 

Chinese Exhibit
 

Steam Yacht "Mayflower"
 
 

Steam Yacht "Mayflower"
 

John Stobart "Vallejo Street Wharf, San Francisco 1863"
 

Montague Dawson "The Atlantic sailing packet Daniel Webster"
 

Jonn Stobart "Clipper Ship 'Nightingale' Towing Out Past Greenwich in 1852"
 

John Stobart "Nantucket Sunrise"
 

Edward Marple's workplace (museum reconstruction)
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

HMS "Prince" Edward Marple's last model (unfinished)
 

E. Marple's workplace with unfinished HMS "Prince"
 

E. Marple's workplace & unfinished HMS 'Prince'
 

E. Marple's workplace - detail
 

Roy Cross "Robert E. Lee in New Orleans 1870s"
 

Roy Cross "Steamer Adelaide Passing Fort McHenry"
 

Roy Cross "The Devonshire"
 
 

John Wilson Carmichel  "Squadron of Frigates and Fishing Vessels in a Choppy See off Holy Island"
 
 
And the last pic here is a general view of Mr. Marple's workshop (reconstructed) again

Over a period of ~ 25 years, I visited this museum probably about a dozen of times, or so. And each time I took a handful of photographs. So, today I have quite a collection of pics from there.
It is not nearly as big as, let's say, The US Navy Museum in Annapolis, but It is a very interesting little maritime museum, with an exceptionally friendly staff, mostly of volunteers, passionate individuals, who fondly greet every visitor and are willing to help him/her.
This is the museum, the next NRG conference will be held next year.
Their collection of ship models includes, among the others, about half a dozen ship models by the late Edward Marple, who was a dental technician, so he was quite handy with his dental drill and was using it quite skillfully for carving the ornamentation for his models. Among those especially interesting ones, are his Sovereign of the Seas, the Royal George and the Royal Katherine...
The museum also has quite an interesting collection of maritime paintings, among them a large format painting of the Royal Sovereign by Van de Velde the Younger. I also like very much their paintings by John Stobart.
Here is a handful of my pics from my last visit in June 2019. (Hopefully I will be able to attend the upcoming Conference and revisit their models again).
 
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Vasa by William Siegfried
 

Xebec L'Indiscret by Unknown
 

galley La Reale de France
 

Frigate Seahorse by James Cutler
 

Royal George by Edward Marple
 

Royal George by Edward Marple
 

Royal Katherine by Edward Marple
 

John Bentham Dinsdale "English King Charles II receiving the fleet after the Battle of Solebay 1672"
 

prisoner of war bone model
 

Royal Katherine by Edward Marple
 

Mars
 

HMS Serapis
 

Charles Martin Powell "British Man-O- War with Dutch Sailing Vessels in a  Choppy Sea" 1805
 

Chinese Exhibit
 

Steam Yacht "Mayflower"
 
 

Steam Yacht "Mayflower"
 

John Stobart "Vallejo Street Wharf, San Francisco 1863"
 

Montague Dawson "The Atlantic sailing packet Daniel Webster"
 

Jonn Stobart "Clipper Ship 'Nightingale' Towing Out Past Greenwich in 1852"
 

John Stobart "Nantucket Sunrise"
 

Edward Marple's workplace (museum reconstruction)
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

HMS "Prince" Edward Marple's last model (unfinished)
 

E. Marple's workplace with unfinished HMS "Prince"
 

E. Marple's workplace & unfinished HMS 'Prince'
 

E. Marple's workplace - detail
 

Roy Cross "Robert E. Lee in New Orleans 1870s"
 

Roy Cross "Steamer Adelaide Passing Fort McHenry"
 

Roy Cross "The Devonshire"
 
 

John Wilson Carmichel  "Squadron of Frigates and Fishing Vessels in a Choppy See off Holy Island"
 
 
And the last pic here is a general view of Mr. Marple's workshop (reconstructed) again

Sorry for this omission - I corrected it plus added some more pics from one of my earlier visits...
Regards,
Thomas

Sorry for this omission - I corrected it plus added some more pics from one of my earlier visits...
Regards,
Thomas

Sorry for this omission - I corrected it plus added some more pics from one of my earlier visits...
Regards,
Thomas

Sorry for this omission - I corrected it plus added some more pics from one of my earlier visits...
Regards,
Thomas

Over a period of ~ 25 years, I visited this museum probably about a dozen of times, or so. And each time I took a handful of photographs. So, today I have quite a collection of pics from there.
It is not nearly as big as, let's say, The US Navy Museum in Annapolis, but It is a very interesting little maritime museum, with an exceptionally friendly staff, mostly of volunteers, passionate individuals, who fondly greet every visitor and are willing to help him/her.
This is the museum, the next NRG conference will be held next year.
Their collection of ship models includes, among the others, about half a dozen ship models by the late Edward Marple, who was a dental technician, so he was quite handy with his dental drill and was using it quite skillfully for carving the ornamentation for his models. Among those especially interesting ones, are his Sovereign of the Seas, the Royal George and the Royal Katherine...
The museum also has quite an interesting collection of maritime paintings, among them a large format painting of the Royal Sovereign by Van de Velde the Younger. I also like very much their paintings by John Stobart.
Here is a handful of my pics from my last visit in June 2019. (Hopefully I will be able to attend the upcoming Conference and revisit their models again).
 
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Vasa by William Siegfried
 

Xebec L'Indiscret by Unknown
 

galley La Reale de France
 

Frigate Seahorse by James Cutler
 

Royal George by Edward Marple
 

Royal George by Edward Marple
 

Royal Katherine by Edward Marple
 

John Bentham Dinsdale "English King Charles II receiving the fleet after the Battle of Solebay 1672"
 

prisoner of war bone model
 

Royal Katherine by Edward Marple
 

Mars
 

HMS Serapis
 

Charles Martin Powell "British Man-O- War with Dutch Sailing Vessels in a  Choppy Sea" 1805
 

Chinese Exhibit
 

Steam Yacht "Mayflower"
 
 

Steam Yacht "Mayflower"
 

John Stobart "Vallejo Street Wharf, San Francisco 1863"
 

Montague Dawson "The Atlantic sailing packet Daniel Webster"
 

Jonn Stobart "Clipper Ship 'Nightingale' Towing Out Past Greenwich in 1852"
 

John Stobart "Nantucket Sunrise"
 

Edward Marple's workplace (museum reconstruction)
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

HMS "Prince" Edward Marple's last model (unfinished)
 

E. Marple's workplace with unfinished HMS "Prince"
 

E. Marple's workplace & unfinished HMS 'Prince'
 

E. Marple's workplace - detail
 

Roy Cross "Robert E. Lee in New Orleans 1870s"
 

Roy Cross "Steamer Adelaide Passing Fort McHenry"
 

Roy Cross "The Devonshire"
 
 

John Wilson Carmichel  "Squadron of Frigates and Fishing Vessels in a Choppy See off Holy Island"
 
 
And the last pic here is a general view of Mr. Marple's workshop (reconstructed) again

Over a period of ~ 25 years, I visited this museum probably about a dozen of times, or so. And each time I took a handful of photographs. So, today I have quite a collection of pics from there.
It is not nearly as big as, let's say, The US Navy Museum in Annapolis, but It is a very interesting little maritime museum, with an exceptionally friendly staff, mostly of volunteers, passionate individuals, who fondly greet every visitor and are willing to help him/her.
This is the museum, the next NRG conference will be held next year.
Their collection of ship models includes, among the others, about half a dozen ship models by the late Edward Marple, who was a dental technician, so he was quite handy with his dental drill and was using it quite skillfully for carving the ornamentation for his models. Among those especially interesting ones, are his Sovereign of the Seas, the Royal George and the Royal Katherine...
The museum also has quite an interesting collection of maritime paintings, among them a large format painting of the Royal Sovereign by Van de Velde the Younger. I also like very much their paintings by John Stobart.
Here is a handful of my pics from my last visit in June 2019. (Hopefully I will be able to attend the upcoming Conference and revisit their models again).
 
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Vasa by William Siegfried
 

Xebec L'Indiscret by Unknown
 

galley La Reale de France
 

Frigate Seahorse by James Cutler
 

Royal George by Edward Marple
 

Royal George by Edward Marple
 

Royal Katherine by Edward Marple
 

John Bentham Dinsdale "English King Charles II receiving the fleet after the Battle of Solebay 1672"
 

prisoner of war bone model
 

Royal Katherine by Edward Marple
 

Mars
 

HMS Serapis
 

Charles Martin Powell "British Man-O- War with Dutch Sailing Vessels in a  Choppy Sea" 1805
 

Chinese Exhibit
 

Steam Yacht "Mayflower"
 
 

Steam Yacht "Mayflower"
 

John Stobart "Vallejo Street Wharf, San Francisco 1863"
 

Montague Dawson "The Atlantic sailing packet Daniel Webster"
 

Jonn Stobart "Clipper Ship 'Nightingale' Towing Out Past Greenwich in 1852"
 

John Stobart "Nantucket Sunrise"
 

Edward Marple's workplace (museum reconstruction)
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

HMS "Prince" Edward Marple's last model (unfinished)
 

E. Marple's workplace with unfinished HMS "Prince"
 

E. Marple's workplace & unfinished HMS 'Prince'
 

E. Marple's workplace - detail
 

Roy Cross "Robert E. Lee in New Orleans 1870s"
 

Roy Cross "Steamer Adelaide Passing Fort McHenry"
 

Roy Cross "The Devonshire"
 
 

John Wilson Carmichel  "Squadron of Frigates and Fishing Vessels in a Choppy See off Holy Island"
 
 
And the last pic here is a general view of Mr. Marple's workshop (reconstructed) again

I uploaded a handful of pics from that museum, I took during my last visit there in May 2019. They are here:
 

Over a period of ~ 25 years, I visited this museum probably about a dozen of times, or so. And each time I took a handful of photographs. So, today I have quite a collection of pics from there.
It is not nearly as big as, let's say, The US Navy Museum in Annapolis, but It is a very interesting little maritime museum, with an exceptionally friendly staff, mostly of volunteers, passionate individuals, who fondly greet every visitor and are willing to help him/her.
This is the museum, the next NRG conference will be held next year.
Their collection of ship models includes, among the others, about half a dozen ship models by the late Edward Marple, who was a dental technician, so he was quite handy with his dental drill and was using it quite skillfully for carving the ornamentation for his models. Among those especially interesting ones, are his Sovereign of the Seas, the Royal George and the Royal Katherine...
The museum also has quite an interesting collection of maritime paintings, among them a large format painting of the Royal Sovereign by Van de Velde the Younger. I also like very much their paintings by John Stobart.
Here is a handful of my pics from my last visit in June 2019. (Hopefully I will be able to attend the upcoming Conference and revisit their models again).
 
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Vasa by William Siegfried
 

Xebec L'Indiscret by Unknown
 

galley La Reale de France
 

Frigate Seahorse by James Cutler
 

Royal George by Edward Marple
 

Royal George by Edward Marple
 

Royal Katherine by Edward Marple
 

John Bentham Dinsdale "English King Charles II receiving the fleet after the Battle of Solebay 1672"
 

prisoner of war bone model
 

Royal Katherine by Edward Marple
 

Mars
 

HMS Serapis
 

Charles Martin Powell "British Man-O- War with Dutch Sailing Vessels in a  Choppy Sea" 1805
 

Chinese Exhibit
 

Steam Yacht "Mayflower"
 
 

Steam Yacht "Mayflower"
 

John Stobart "Vallejo Street Wharf, San Francisco 1863"
 

Montague Dawson "The Atlantic sailing packet Daniel Webster"
 

Jonn Stobart "Clipper Ship 'Nightingale' Towing Out Past Greenwich in 1852"
 

John Stobart "Nantucket Sunrise"
 

Edward Marple's workplace (museum reconstruction)
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

HMS "Prince" Edward Marple's last model (unfinished)
 

E. Marple's workplace with unfinished HMS "Prince"
 

E. Marple's workplace & unfinished HMS 'Prince'
 

E. Marple's workplace - detail
 

Roy Cross "Robert E. Lee in New Orleans 1870s"
 

Roy Cross "Steamer Adelaide Passing Fort McHenry"
 

Roy Cross "The Devonshire"
 
 

John Wilson Carmichel  "Squadron of Frigates and Fishing Vessels in a Choppy See off Holy Island"
 
 
And the last pic here is a general view of Mr. Marple's workshop (reconstructed) again

Over a period of ~ 25 years, I visited this museum probably about a dozen of times, or so. And each time I took a handful of photographs. So, today I have quite a collection of pics from there.
It is not nearly as big as, let's say, The US Navy Museum in Annapolis, but It is a very interesting little maritime museum, with an exceptionally friendly staff, mostly of volunteers, passionate individuals, who fondly greet every visitor and are willing to help him/her.
This is the museum, the next NRG conference will be held next year.
Their collection of ship models includes, among the others, about half a dozen ship models by the late Edward Marple, who was a dental technician, so he was quite handy with his dental drill and was using it quite skillfully for carving the ornamentation for his models. Among those especially interesting ones, are his Sovereign of the Seas, the Royal George and the Royal Katherine...
The museum also has quite an interesting collection of maritime paintings, among them a large format painting of the Royal Sovereign by Van de Velde the Younger. I also like very much their paintings by John Stobart.
Here is a handful of my pics from my last visit in June 2019. (Hopefully I will be able to attend the upcoming Conference and revisit their models again).
 
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Vasa by William Siegfried
 

Xebec L'Indiscret by Unknown
 

galley La Reale de France
 

Frigate Seahorse by James Cutler
 

Royal George by Edward Marple
 

Royal George by Edward Marple
 

Royal Katherine by Edward Marple
 

John Bentham Dinsdale "English King Charles II receiving the fleet after the Battle of Solebay 1672"
 

prisoner of war bone model
 

Royal Katherine by Edward Marple
 

Mars
 

HMS Serapis
 

Charles Martin Powell "British Man-O- War with Dutch Sailing Vessels in a  Choppy Sea" 1805
 

Chinese Exhibit
 

Steam Yacht "Mayflower"
 
 

Steam Yacht "Mayflower"
 

John Stobart "Vallejo Street Wharf, San Francisco 1863"
 

Montague Dawson "The Atlantic sailing packet Daniel Webster"
 

Jonn Stobart "Clipper Ship 'Nightingale' Towing Out Past Greenwich in 1852"
 

John Stobart "Nantucket Sunrise"
 

Edward Marple's workplace (museum reconstruction)
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

HMS "Prince" Edward Marple's last model (unfinished)
 

E. Marple's workplace with unfinished HMS "Prince"
 

E. Marple's workplace & unfinished HMS 'Prince'
 

E. Marple's workplace - detail
 

Roy Cross "Robert E. Lee in New Orleans 1870s"
 

Roy Cross "Steamer Adelaide Passing Fort McHenry"
 

Roy Cross "The Devonshire"
 
 

John Wilson Carmichel  "Squadron of Frigates and Fishing Vessels in a Choppy See off Holy Island"
 
 
And the last pic here is a general view of Mr. Marple's workshop (reconstructed) again

Over a period of ~ 25 years, I visited this museum probably about a dozen of times, or so. And each time I took a handful of photographs. So, today I have quite a collection of pics from there.
It is not nearly as big as, let's say, The US Navy Museum in Annapolis, but It is a very interesting little maritime museum, with an exceptionally friendly staff, mostly of volunteers, passionate individuals, who fondly greet every visitor and are willing to help him/her.
This is the museum, the next NRG conference will be held next year.
Their collection of ship models includes, among the others, about half a dozen ship models by the late Edward Marple, who was a dental technician, so he was quite handy with his dental drill and was using it quite skillfully for carving the ornamentation for his models. Among those especially interesting ones, are his Sovereign of the Seas, the Royal George and the Royal Katherine...
The museum also has quite an interesting collection of maritime paintings, among them a large format painting of the Royal Sovereign by Van de Velde the Younger. I also like very much their paintings by John Stobart.
Here is a handful of my pics from my last visit in June 2019. (Hopefully I will be able to attend the upcoming Conference and revisit their models again).
 
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple
 

Vasa by William Siegfried
 

Xebec L'Indiscret by Unknown
 

galley La Reale de France
 

Frigate Seahorse by James Cutler
 

Royal George by Edward Marple
 

Royal George by Edward Marple
 

Royal Katherine by Edward Marple
 

John Bentham Dinsdale "English King Charles II receiving the fleet after the Battle of Solebay 1672"
 

prisoner of war bone model
 

Royal Katherine by Edward Marple
 

Mars
 

HMS Serapis
 

Charles Martin Powell "British Man-O- War with Dutch Sailing Vessels in a  Choppy Sea" 1805
 

Chinese Exhibit
 

Steam Yacht "Mayflower"
 
 

Steam Yacht "Mayflower"
 

John Stobart "Vallejo Street Wharf, San Francisco 1863"
 

Montague Dawson "The Atlantic sailing packet Daniel Webster"
 

Jonn Stobart "Clipper Ship 'Nightingale' Towing Out Past Greenwich in 1852"
 

John Stobart "Nantucket Sunrise"
 

Edward Marple's workplace (museum reconstruction)
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

E. Marple's workplace
 

HMS "Prince" Edward Marple's last model (unfinished)
 

E. Marple's workplace with unfinished HMS "Prince"
 

E. Marple's workplace & unfinished HMS 'Prince'
 

E. Marple's workplace - detail
 

Roy Cross "Robert E. Lee in New Orleans 1870s"
 

Roy Cross "Steamer Adelaide Passing Fort McHenry"
 

Roy Cross "The Devonshire"
 
 

John Wilson Carmichel  "Squadron of Frigates and Fishing Vessels in a Choppy See off Holy Island"
 
 
And the last pic here is a general view of Mr. Marple's workshop (reconstructed) again

I uploaded a handful of pics from that museum, I took during my last visit there in May 2019. They are here: