Passenger/cargo vessel
Scale: Unknown. A waterline model of a passenger/cargo vessel. The hull is painted black with brick red at the waterline and white upperparts. The depicted vessel is a three island configuration. The decks are pale buff with mid-grey cargo hatch covers. The long forecastle has a small hatch served by a derrick foremast. The forward cargo deck has two hatches, fore and aft, served by two a derricks positioned either side of the rearmost hatch.
The main superstructure is placed amidships, the main deck of which is a promenade, as is the deck above. The enclosed pilot house is flanked by a pair of bridge wings, clad in wood. The boat deck has five pairs of lifeboats, stowed on davits on the port and starboard sides, and painted white with pale grey covers. Between the boats is a single tall funnel, painted pale yellow. Clustered around the funnel are four large ventilators, and there are a further eleven ventilators or varying sizes all of which are painted pale yellow with red inserts.
The aft cargo deck has three hatches inline, served by a derrick mainmast placed between the first and second hatches and a pair of derricks mounted on the stern deck. A raised poop deck a further four lifeboats, stowed in a single transverse row with a small gap in the middle. Aft of them is a small deck house with secondary bridge wings.
On base of model: "83".
The main superstructure is placed amidships, the main deck of which is a promenade, as is the deck above. The enclosed pilot house is flanked by a pair of bridge wings, clad in wood. The boat deck has five pairs of lifeboats, stowed on davits on the port and starboard sides, and painted white with pale grey covers. Between the boats is a single tall funnel, painted pale yellow. Clustered around the funnel are four large ventilators, and there are a further eleven ventilators or varying sizes all of which are painted pale yellow with red inserts.
The aft cargo deck has three hatches inline, served by a derrick mainmast placed between the first and second hatches and a pair of derricks mounted on the stern deck. A raised poop deck a further four lifeboats, stowed in a single transverse row with a small gap in the middle. Aft of them is a small deck house with secondary bridge wings.
On base of model: "83".
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Object Details
ID: | ZBA0939 |
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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: 36 x 120 x 14 mm |