Cargo vessel

Scale: Unknown. A waterline model of a cargo vessel. The hull is painted pale grey with brick red at the waterline. The decks are painted a uniform green with off-white cargo hatch covers. A derrick mast is mounted at the aft end of the foredeck. The long main deck consists of six cargo hatch covers in two sizes. The first two are identical, placed inline, the remaining four are placed in two pairs, side by side and one pair behind the other. Between the first two hatches is a pair of cranes centrally mounted on a pillar. An identical pair of cranes is positioned between the two pairs of hatches. Between the second hatch and the first pair of hatches is a pair of Storken heavy lift cranes mounted on a raised rectangular platform.

The superstructure is placed at the stern and just forward of it is a pair of derricks mounted on a raised rectangular platform. The superstructure is painted white and the bridge is wide in section, with an open observation deck above, and flanked by a pair of square bridge wings. In the middle of the observation deck is a radio mast. Aft of it is a single funnel, rectangular in section, painted black with a broad, horizontal, orange stripe. Abaft the bridge wings are a pair of lifeboats. Fixed to the port and starboard stern quarters of the superstructure is a pair of cranes, folded inwards in their stowed position. On base of model "317".

Object Details

ID: ZBA1034
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 145 x 23 mm