Cargo vessel; Container ship

Scale: unknown. A waterline model of a cargo vessel. The hull is painted dark blue, with mid-green at the waterline. The decks are painted a uniform dark grey with pale grey hatch covers. The long foredeck has anchor cable gear and a large single hatch. The main deck has three hatches just visible, mostly obscured by rows of stacked containers. There is a total of ten rows of containers, mostly stored two containers high. Right at the front of the deck, on a small hatch cover, is the foremost row of eight containers with a single contained in front of it. All the depicted containers are 20-foot types with the exception of those in the rearmost row, which are 40-foot TEUs. Most of the containers are painted pale grey though there are some blue, red and yellow ones.

The white-painted superstructure is placed aft, the front face of which is sheer, vertical, and the sides of which have open promenades. Directly above the promenade decks there are a pair of lifeboats stowed. The stern elevation is terraced. The enclosed bridge is placed centrally on the upper deck and is a trapezium in plan view. There is a radar mast atop it and immediately aft is a single funnel, painted red. On the stern-most corners of the superstructure there is mounted a pair of long cranes. On the aft deck there are more containers stowed on what appears to be two hatches. On base of model "375".

Object Details

ID: ZBA1065
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: 30 x 157 x 20 mm