Passenger/cargo vessel

Scale: Unknown. A waterline model of a passenger/cargo vessel. The hull is painted lavender with a light brown boot topping along the waterline. The upperworks, accommodation superstructure and decks are painted a creamy white. The forward deck is fitted with a large single mast rigged with five derricks serving two grey covered cargo hatches. The central upper bridge and accommodation superstructure is fitted with five pairs of lifeboats rigged to davits either side of a pair of slightly raking, squat, oval-shaped funnels, painted red with black tops. At the stern, there is a single mast rigged with a pair of derricks and a pair of small cargo cranes, all of which serve three grey covered cargo hatches. There is a raised boat deck to which is fitted a pair of lifeboats rigged in davits There is also a raised poop deck fitted with a deckhouse above. The number "114" is written on the underside of the hull.

Object Details

ID: ZBA0959
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: 30 x 125 x 15 mm