Passenger vessel

Scale: Unknown. A waterline model of a paddle-wheel passenger vessel. The hull is painted black with brick red at the waterline and white upperparts. The two paddle boxes are white with black vertical slats and, beneath, red paddles. The decks are painted a uniform cream. The long foredeck has a foremast placed aft. The foredeck has a single cargo hatch painted mid-grey possibly for taking on coal. The deck between the paddle boxes has a single funnel with a second funnel abaft of it, both painted white with black tops. Aft of the second funnel is a deckhouse, with a mainmast and a pair of boats stowed from it on davits. There are a further two boats at the stern (one detached). On base of model "23A".

Object Details

ID: ZBA1073
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: 18 x 60 x 14 mm