machine, sewing

Chinese Singer sewing machine used on board HMS Woodcock [river gunboat] on Yangtse-Kiang River by Able Seaman Roderick W McLean 1909-11. Metal in wooden carrying case.

Object Details

ID: TOA0230
Type: machine, sewing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Singer Manufacturing Co
Vessels: Woodcock 1897 [HMS]
People: McLean, Roderick W.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 350 mm x 510 mm x 255 mm x 18 kg