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British Reliance (1949); Cargo vessel; Oil tanker
Scale: 1:48. A large, cased, shipbuilder’s exhibition model of a single screw motor tanker. ‘British Reliance’ (1949) was built by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. for British Petroleum Tanker Co. It was engaged in worldwide trading, first with crude oil, then a mixture of crude and black oil products. Small by today’s standards, it was 547 feet in length, just over 11,000 GRT (gross registered tons) and had a service speed of 14 knots.
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Object Details
| ID: | SLR0038 |
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| Collection: | Ship models |
| Type: | Full hull model; Rigged model |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd |
| Vessels: | British Reliance (1950) |
| Date made: | circa 1949 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall model and base: 456 x 4092 x 912 mm; Original case: 1441 x 4060 x 901 mm |