RMS Sylvania (1956); Passenger vessel; Liner

Scale: 1:1200. A waterline model of RMS Sylvania, a liner made from die-cast metal with a plastic funnel screwed to the hull. The hull is painted black, the upperworks white, the funnel red with two black stripes and a black top, and the hatches and deck equipment brown. There are eight slots in the deck for derricks [four forward, four aft] and one behind the bridge for the mast. The inscription on the underside reads: 'M710 R.M.S. Sylvania'. There are also brown plastic derricks and a mast attached to a moulding rod in a cellophane bag.

Object Details

ID: ZBA1439
Collection: Ship models
Type: Waterline model; Miniature model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Tri-ang
Places: Devon; Southampton
Vessels: Sylvania [RMS]
Date made: 1959-1965
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Robin Blake Collection
Measurements: Overall model: 158 x 20 x 27 mm
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