Passenger vessel;Liner

Scale: Unknown. A waterline model of a passenger liner. The hull is painted black with light brown boot topping along the waterline. The upperworks, accommodation superstructure and decks are painted a creamy white. The forward deck is fitted with a large single mast rigged with two pairs of derricks, a pair of cargo cranes, all of which serve two grey covered cargo hatches. The central upper bridge and accommodation superstructure is fitted with seven pairs of lifeboats rigged to davits either side of two squat oval-shaped funnels, painted buff yellow with black tops. There are three additional pairs of cargo cranes serving two grey covered hatches on the boat deck, located just aft of the bridge, either side of the forward funnel and just between the fifth and sixth lifeboats. At the far end of the boat deck is tall single mast while and on the two decks below, are two pairs of cargo cranes serving two grey covered cargo hatches. There is a raised boatdeck deck fitted with a pair of lifeboats rigged in davits as well as a poop deck over the rounded stern. The number "87" is written on the underside of the hull.

Object Details

ID: ZBA1176
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: 40 x 155 x 20 mm