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 with a thin white line separating the two. The upperworks, accommodation superstructure and decks are painted a creamy white. The split-level forward deck is fitted with a large single mast rigged with two pairs of derricks, a two pairs of cargo cranes, all of which serve three 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 oval-shaped funnels, painted light yellow overall. There are two pairs of large engine room ventilator cowlings painted a light yellow and located on the funnel housings. There is a separate bridge assembly after which is a pair of small cargo cranes with the derricks rigged out to the bridge wings. At the stern, there is a single mast and two pairs of smaller cargo cranes which serve two grey covered cargo hatches (missing). There is a raised poop deck on which there is a boat deck fitted with a pair of lifeboats rigged in davits just forward of an accommodation block, which is fitted with bridge wings and a stern walk that overhangs the rounded stern. The number "66" is written on the underside of the hull.

Object Details

ID: ZBA1007
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 140 x 18 mm
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