Passenger/cargo vessel

Scale: Unknown. A waterline model of a passenger / cargo vessel. The hull is painted black with green boot topping just visible at the waterline, bow and stern. 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 smaller cargo cranes, all serving three grey covered cargo hatches. The central upper bridge and accommodation superstructure is fitted with seven pairs of lifeboats rigged to davits either side of a pair of tall oval shaped funnels, painted yellow. There is also six pairs of engine ventilator cowlings mounted on the funnel housings, all of which are painted yellow. At the stern, there is a single rigged mast, together with two pairs of cargo cranes, all of which serve three grey covered cargo hatches. Right aft, there is a raised poop deck with two pairs of lifeboats on davits. The number "13" is written on the underside of the hull and crossed through.

Object Details

ID: ZBA1217
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 170 x 20 mm
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