Passenger vessel

Scale:Unknown. A waterline model of the passenger vessel 'Ile de France' as launched in 1926. The hull is painted black with a light brown boot topping along the waterline. The upperworks and accommodation superstructure and decks are painted a creamy white. The two forward decks are fitted with a large single mast rigged with two pairs of cargo derricks, another two pair of smaller cargo masts with derricks, all of which serving two grey covered cargo hatches. The central upper bridge and accommodation superstructure is fitted with ten pairs of lifeboats rigged to davits, either side of the three oval shaped funnels which are painted red with black tops. At the stern, there is another large mast rigged with a pair of derricks serving a single grey covered cargo hatch. Either side of the mast are a pairs of lifeboats rigged in davits on raised boat deck. The number "8" is written on the underside of the hull.

Object Details

ID: ZBA0842
Collection: Ship models
Type: Waterline model; Miniature model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Carpenter, Reginald
Places: Southampton; Devon
Date made: Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model: 40 x 202 x 24 mm