Passenger/cargo vessel

Scale: Unknown. A waterline model of a passenger/cargo vessel. The hull is painted black with light brown boot topping along the waterline. The upperworks and accommodation superstructure is painted a creamy white and the decks are finished a natural wood colour. The split-level forward deck is fitted with a large single mast, two pairs of cargo cranes rigged with six pairs of derricks, all of which serve three grey covered cargo hatches. The central upper bridge and accommodation superstructure is fitted with seven pairs of brown hulled lifeboats, some of which are double-banked rigged to davits either side of a single oval-shaped funnel, painted white red with a thin green, red and black band towards the top. There is also a single mast fitted towards the stern of the boat deck with a swimming pool on the deck below. At the stern, there is a pair of cargo cranes rigged with four pairs of derricks serving two grey covered cargo hatches. On the same deck, towards the stern is a pair of brown hulled lifeboats rigged in davits, the starboard side one of which is fitted with a smaller boat on top. The number "97" is written on the underside of the hull.

Object Details

ID: ZBA0911
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: 38 x 150 x 18 mm