Passenger/cargo vessel

Scale: Unknown. A waterline model of a passenger / cargo vessel. 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 split-level forward deck is fitted with a large single rigged mast with four cargo derricks, and a pair of cargo cranes, all serving two large and two small grey covered cargo hatches. The central upper bridge and accommodation superstructure is fitted with five pairs of lifeboats rigged to davits either side of a single tall circular funnel, painted a light yellow with a white band towards the top, on which is painted five red stars. There are three pairs of large engine room ventilator cowlings painted a light yellow as well as a smaller pair of ventilators astern of a skylight at the end of the boat deck. At the stern, there is a single rigged mast rigged with derricks and a pair of smaller cargo cranes, all of which serve two grey covered cargo hatches. There is a raised boat deck at the foot of the mast on which is fitted a pair of lifeboats rigged in davits, as well as a small poop deck over the counter complete with another pair of lifeboats either side of an accommodation block. The number "41" is written on the underside of the hull.

Object Details

ID: ZBA1178
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 130 x 15 mm
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