Passenger/cargo vessel

Scale: Unknown. A waterline model of a passenger / cargo vessel. The hull is painted black with pinkish red boot topping along the waterline separated by a thin white line. The upperworks, accommodation superstructure and decks are painted a creamy white. The forward deck is fitted with a large mast rigged with a cargo derrick serving cream covered cargo hatch. The central upper bridge and accommodation superstructure is fitted with two pairs of lifeboats rigged to davits either side of two slightly raking circular funnels, painted buff yellow with a black top. There are two pairs of large engine room ventilator cowlings painted a buff yellow at the base of the funnels, and a smaller pair on top of a white deckhouse just aft of the boat deck. At the stern, there is a mast rigged with a derrick, serving a grey covered cargo hatch located in a well deck. There is a raised poop deck fitted with a four of lifeboats rigged in davits and on skids, and right aft is a small deckhouse on which is fitted bridgewings which overhang the rounded stern. The number "119" is written on the underside of the hull.

Object Details

ID: ZBA1086
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: 23 x 80 x 9 mm