Passenger vessel

Scale: Unknown. A waterline model of a passenger vessel. The hull is painted white with light brown boot topping along the waterline and a thin gold line along the length of the vessel at deck level. The upperworks, accommodation superstructure and decks are painted a creamy white. The forward deck is fitted with a large single rigged mast and two pairs of cargo cranes, serving two grey covered cargo hatches. There is a raised boat deck at the base of the mast on which is mounted a pair of double banked lifeboats rigged in davits. The central upper bridge and accommodation superstructure is fitted with ten pairs of lifeboats rigged to davits either side of a pair of tall circular funnels, painted light yellow with a green stripe towards the top. There is five pairs of large engine room ventilator cowlings mounted on the boat deck at the base of the funnels, all of which are painted light yellow. At the stern, there is a single rigged mast, together with four cargo cranes with derricks serving two grey covered cargo hatches. At the base of the mizzen mast there is a raised boat deck on which is mounted a pair of double banked lifeboats rigged in davits. Right aft, there is a raised poop deck with an accommodation block above. The number "58" is written on the underside of the hull.

Object Details

ID: ZBA1033
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 121 x 15 mm
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