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 gold line dividing the two. The upperworks, accommodation superstructure and decks are painted a creamy white. The forward deck is fitted with a large single rigged mast and a pair of cargo cranes serving 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 single tall oval shaped funnel painted pale pink with a black top. There is a central accommodation block running longitudinally along the upper deck on which is fitted two tall masts painted brown and seven engine room ventilator cowlings around the base of the funnel. At the stern, there is a single mast rigged with a pair of cargo derricks serving two grey covered cargo hatches. There is a raised deck fitted with a pair of lifeboats rigged in davits and, at the stern, a raised poop deck fitted with a pair of lifeboats rigged in davits either side of an accommodation block. The number "134" is written on the underside of the hull.

Object Details

ID: ZBA1055
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 125 x 15 mm
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