Cargo vessel; Container ship

Scale: Unknown. A waterline model of a cargo vessel. The hull painted black, with brick red at the waterline. The decks are painted a uniform green. The foredeck is fitted with a short foremast. The main deck is stowed with five rows of 20ft containers, all painted a uniform pale grey. The first row consists of six containers, stacked in three containers abreast and two containers high. The remaining four rows are stacked six abreast and two high (row four is missing six containers that have become detached). The containers themselves have been made in solid blocks of six. The superstructure is placed at the stern, painted white, with a vertical forward face with the bridge at the top flanked by a pair of bridge wings with navigation lights at their tips. Atop the bridge is a radar mast, painted black. Mounted to the rear of the main superstructure is a pair of funnels, rectangular in section, painted white with black tops. There are a pair of lifeboats stowed either side of the superstructure. Number on base obscured.

Object Details

ID: ZBA1104
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: 22 x 84 x 14 mm
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