Passenger/cargo vessel

Scale: Unknown. Waterline model of a passenger/cargo vessel. The hull is painted black with brick red at the waterline and white upper parts. The decks are painted a uniform cream with mid-grey cargo hatches. The long foredeck has four cargo hatches in line served by two derrick masts, one between the first and second hatches and the other positioned on a raised boat deck between the third and fourth hatches. This boat deck also has two boats stowed. The superstructure is placed amidships and has two promenade decks. The bridge house is clad in wood. The boat deck contains six pairs of lifeboats stowed on davits with collapsible lifeboats beneath them. Between the lifeboats there are four skylights and a single funnel painted red with a blue top and a broad white horizontal band. Clustered around the funnel are four ventilators, and there are a further two after the funnel. The aft cargo deck has four hatches also served by two derrick masts, the first positioned on a raised boat deck between the second and third hatches and the second derrick positioned on the stern boat deck. On base of model ' 75'.

Object Details

ID: ZBA1168
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: 35 x 158 x 18 mm
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