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, accommodation superstructure and decks are painted a creamy white. The forward deck is fitted with a large single mast rigged with three pairs of derricks, a pair of cargo cranes, all of which serve two grey covered cargo hatches. The central upper bridge and accommodation superstructure is fitted with four pairs of lifeboats rigged to davits either side of a single oval-shaped funnel, painted buff yellow with red, white black thin bands at the top. There are a pair of large engine room ventilator cowlings painted buff yellow at the base of the funnel as well another pair further aft, two of which are rigged as cargo cranes. At the stern, there is a single mast rigged with two pairs of derricks serving two grey covered cargo hatches and outboard of these is a pair of lifeboats rigged in davits. The number "112" is written on the underside of the hull.

Object Details

ID: ZBA0993
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: 35 x 135 x 18 mm
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