Waterline model; Miniature model; Rigged model; Scenic model; Display case cover

Case lid for the 'Empress of Japan' Canadian Pacific liner which is depicted being pulled along at speed by two tugs, leaving a wake in its plaster sea setting. There is a plaque which is inscribed with: "64 ft to the inch scale model of C.P.R Empress of Japan Length 666ft Beam 87.9ft tonnage 26032 Modelled by Charles Hampshire MIRMARE".

Object Details

ID: SLR1495.1
Type: Waterline model; Miniature model; Rigged model; Scenic model; Display case cover
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hampshire, Charles James
Date made: 1930-1959
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 140 mm x 589 mm x 203 mm
Parts: Empress of Japan (1930); Passenger vessel; Liner (Waterline model; Miniature model; Rigged model; Scenic model)
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