Passenger/cargo vessel

Scale: Unknown. A waterline model of a passenger/cargo vessel. The hull is painted black with a light brown boot topping along the waterline and a thin gold line below deck level. The upperworks, accommodation and decks are all painted a creamy white. The forward deck is fitted with a large single mast rigged with three pairs of derricks, and together with two smaller cranes serving three grey covered cargo hatches. The central upper bridge and accommodation superstructure is fitted with seven pairs of double banked lifeboats rigged in davits either side of a pair of tall oval-shaped funnels painted a yellow buff with black tops. Just aft of the bridge is a pair of small cargo cranes serving a single grey covered cargo hatch. At the stern, there is another large single mast rigged with three pairs of derricks, and together with two smaller cargo derricks serving three large grey covered cargo hatches. The number "102" is written on the underside of the hull.


Waterline model of a passenger vessel. Hull painted black, with a yellow stripe. Remainder white. Two cream and black funnels.

Object Details

ID: ZBA0849
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: 37 x 155 x 18 mm