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 with a thin gold line at deck level. The upperworks, accommodation superstructure and decks are painted a creamy white. The forward deck is fitted with a large single mast rigged with a pair of derricks and a pair of small cargo cranes, all of which serve three grey covered cargo hatches. There is a separate bridge just forward of the main accommodation superstructure which is fitted with a mast, a pair of lifeboats rigged in davits and just aft a small grey covered cargo hatch. The central accommodation superstructure is fitted with six pairs of double-banked lifeboats rigged to davits either side of a pair of slightly raking, oval-shaped funnels, painted buff yellow with black tops. At the stern, there is a single mast rigged with two pairs of derricks and three small cargo cranes all of which serving four grey covered cargo hatches. There are three raised boat decks on which are fitted four pairs of lifeboats rigged in davits and at the aft end of the stern is a small raised bridge wing. The number "11" is written on the underside of the hull..

Object Details

ID: ZBA1216
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: 42 x 180 x 18 mm
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