Scale: 1:48. A large and impressive model that retains its original shipbuilder’s case and display table. The model itself sits on six turned silver-plated supports that rest on the black velvet-covered floor of the case. The glazing in the portholes is made of surface-silvered glass.

A twin-screw vessel built by the Caledon Shipbuilding Company, Dundee, for the Glen Line, ‘Glenearn’ (1938) was the first of a class of eight ships. The model shows features like the heavy-lift derricks, elongated ventilators for the extensive refrigerated cargo space, and the six large hatches for the carriage of vegetable oils in bulk. There was also accommodation for a handful of passengers; their area of the ship can be seen clearly in the midship section of the model with the large rectangular windows and teak-covered decks.The somewhat upright and old-fashioned appearance is typical of the ships of this line.

‘Glenearn’ served under the White Ensign during the Second World War, first as a fleet supply ship, then as a landing ship. It was seriously damaged during the evacuation of Greece in 1941. After the war, it was employed by Glen Line on the London-Far East, via Suez, service. It was eventually sold to a Taiwanese shipbreakers in August 1970.