Passenger/cargo vessel

Scale: Unknown. A waterline model of a passenger/cargo vessel. The hull is painted black with brick red along the waterline. The upperworks and accommodation superstructure and decks are painted off-white. The forward deck is fitted with a foremast rigged with two pairs of derricks, which serve three grey covered cargo hatches. There are also a pair of derricks aft of the hatches. The central upper bridge and accommodation superstructure is fitted with eight pairs of lifeboats, either side of the two tall funnels which are painted yellow with narrow horizontal blue, white, and blue stripes. On the aft cargo deck is a mainmast rigged with two pairs of derricks serving two large grey covered cargo hatches. Either side of the mainmast on a raised deck is a pair of lifeboats.

On base of model: "123".

Object Details

ID: ZBA1017
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: 33 x 120 x 14 mm
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