Passenger vessel

Scale: Unknown. Waterline model of a passenger vessel. The hull is painted black with brick red at the waterline and white bulwarks. The decks are painted a uniform cream with mid-grey cargo hatch covers. The long foredeck includes anchor winch gear, a wave deflector and a derrick foremast that serves a hatch on the forward cargo deck. The superstructure is placed amidships, the front elevation of which is convex in shape. A promenade deck runs the length of the superstructure and the boat deck above stows two pairs of lifeboats on davits. Between the lifeboats there are two funnels painted black with a single white horizontal stripe. Both funnels have a pair of ventilators in front of them. The aft cargo deck has a single small hatch served by a derrick mainmast on the aft deck. A raised boat deck on the aft deck contains three boats of varying sizes stowed on davits. On base of model '179'.

Object Details

ID: ZBA1123
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: 28 x 90 x 10 mm
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