Cargo vessel

Scale: Unknown. A waterline model of a cargo vessel. The hull is painted grey with brick red at the waterline and white bulwarks. The decks are painted mid-brown with two large pale grey cargo hatches. The foredeck has a single centrally placed derrick. The forward cargo deck has a single large hatch served by the foredeck derrick and by a derrick aft of it, mounted on a raised rectangular platform. Aft of this platform, the main cargo deck has a single, larger, hatch, served by the platform-mounted derrick and by a derrick aft of it, also platform-mounted. The superstructure is placed at the stern and is painted white. It has at the front of its upper deck a prominent, trapezium-shaped frame, the purpose of which is unknown. Aft of it is a single funnel, painted red, with a black top. The bridge wings have red and green navigation lights and, aft of them, a pair of lifeboats stowed on davits. On base of model "511" (or "115").

Object Details

ID: ZBA1103
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: 20 x 74 x 12 mm