Cargo vessel; Container ship
Scale: Unknown. A waterline model of a cargo vessel. The hull is painted black with green at the waterline and white bulwarks. On port and starboard broadsides, in white lettering: 'CP Ships'. The decks are painted dark grey with brown hatch covers. The foredeck has a single foremast. The main deck has a number of twenty foot containers stowed on it, all painted grey. The layout of the containers is symmetrical. The first row has two individual containers, the second row has two groups of three containers. The next three rows: each has eight containers. The last three rows: each has eights containers in two stacks. The superstructure is placed at the stern, painted white and has a slightly convex front, vertical face. There is a wide bridge in the upper deck flanked by a pair of bridge wings. On the roof of the bridge, there is a radar mast and behind it, a single funnel, painted in two shades of green with a white stylised 'C'. There are two lifeboats stowed on davits. On base of model: "381".
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Object Details
ID: | ZBA1158 |
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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: 29 x 143 x 21 mm |