Passenger/cargo vessel

Scale: Unknown. A waterline model of a passenger/cargo vessel. The hull is painted green with brick red at the waterline and a narrow white stripe at main deck level running the entire length of the ship and with white upper parts. The decks are painted a creamy white. The forecastle has an anchor cable winch. The forward cargo deck has two hatches, the rear most one being wide and rectangular, and both are served by a pair of derricks positioned between them. The central upper bridge and accommodation superstructure is fitted with four pairs of lifeboats rigged to davits either side of an oval-shaped funnel, painted an olive green with a thin white band and black top. The are raqdio masts mounted above the bridge house and at the rear of the boat deck. On the aft cargo deck there is a single wide hatch served by a pair of derricks. There is a poop deck fitted with a secondary bridge wing. On base of model '472'.

Object Details

ID: ZBA1101
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: 26 x 88 x 12 mm