Cargo vessel

Scale: Unknown. Waterline model of a cargo vessel. The hull is painted black with pink at the waterline. The decks are painted a uniform off-white with mid-grey cargo hatches. The foredeck has a wave deflector and a foremast. The forward cargo deck has a pair of hatches served by a pair of derricks. The superstructure is amidships and is painted white, the upper deck is clad in wood, in the centre of which is a pilot house. The boat deck has a nest of four boats and between them are two ventilators, a funnel painted black, a skylight and the main mast. The aft cargo deck is the same configuration as the forward deck. Inscribed on the base of the model is "516".

Object Details

ID: ZBA1140
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 71 x 9 mm