Cargo vessel

Scale: Unknown. A waterline model of a cargo vessel. The hull is painted black with pink at the waterline and white bulwarks. The decks are painted a uniform pale buff with mid-grey cargo hatch covers. The foredeck has a single small hatch served by a pair of derricks. The forward cargo deck has two hatches with a heavy-lift derrick between them and a pair of derricks aft that are fixed to the main superstructure. The main superstructure is placed forward, painted white, several decks tall and has a bridge house, or pilot house, atop flanked by bridge wings. A pair of boats are stored below them. There are two narrow boats decks amidships, each with a pair of boats stowed on them, and between the foremost pair is a single tall funnel painted French blue with a black top. There are four black-painted ventilators between the rearmost pair of boats. The aft cargo deck has four hatches, inline, the middle two being larger than the others. They are served by a heavy-lift derrick and two pairs of derricks. There is a raised boat deck at the stern with a nest of four lifeboats. On base of model "363".

Object Details

ID: ZBA1036
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: 25 x 135 x 15 mm
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