Passenger/cargo vessel

Scale: Unknown. Waterline model of a passenger/cargo vessel. The hull is painted black with brick red at the waterline and a narrow white stripe running the length of the vessel. The superstructure is painted pale brown white and the decks are a uniform buff colour. There is a long foredeck with a small cargo hatch cover in the centre. On the forward cargo deck there is one large hatch served by a derrick mast and two derricks. The superstructure is amidships, the forward part incorporates a flying bridge, clad in wood and the after part has four boats on the boat deck and a single funnel painted black with a broad red horizontal stripe. On the aft cargo deck there is a single hatch and two cranes. There is a raised stern deck which houses two lifeboats and forward of it a mainmast. On base of model '520'.

Object Details

ID: ZBA1142
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: 25 x 78 x 10 mm