Model of a twin-hulled ship mb-code DCA_115674 Interior view of the Ironmongers

Interior view of the Ironmongers Hall

and the first floor is divided into two rooms crammed with beds

Wilbur Gunn

Rex gets his teeth into his nightly task of collecting up all the empty bottles at the Punch Bowl

Balcony with statues of the two giants Gog and Magog on either side of an ornate clock

Model of a twin-hulled ship mb-code DCA_115674 Interior view of the IronmongersModel of a twin hulled ship designed by William Petty. William Petty (1623 1687) designed several twin hulled ships between 1662 and 1684, Europe's first catamarans. They were able to sail closer to the wind and in shallower waters, but sailors were sceptical about the unusual design and it was not a commercial success. 17th century