Full hull model
Scale: 1:12? Label from a contemporary full hull model of a pulling and sailing lifeboat (1851) mounted on its original crutches and baseboard.
On label: "Lifeboat proposed by Mr G Turner, Master Shipwright of HM Dockyard, Woolwich in 1851. Extra buoyancy obtained by a W.T. Deck and raised air chambers. Means of freeing boat of water are by four scuppers. This boat would not self-right if upset in a sea-way". Submitted for Duke of North..? Premium in 1851.
On label: "Lifeboat proposed by Mr G Turner, Master Shipwright of HM Dockyard, Woolwich in 1851. Extra buoyancy obtained by a W.T. Deck and raised air chambers. Means of freeing boat of water are by four scuppers. This boat would not self-right if upset in a sea-way". Submitted for Duke of North..? Premium in 1851.
Object Details
| ID: | SLR0855.1 |
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| Type: | Full hull model |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | circa 1851 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 1 mm x 51 mm x 126 mm |
| Parts: |
Service vessel(1851); Lifeboat; Pulling and sailing (Full hull model; Block model)
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