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John E Hyde (1951); Merchant vessel; Cargo vessel; Bulk carrier
Scale: 1:150. This model depicts the same vessel as another model in the Museum’s collection (SLR1645), which shows the ‘John E Hyde' (1951) as originally built in Sweden as an oil tanker. In this model, the vessel is portrayed following her conversion in 1961 to a bulk carrier for Rederi A/B Tankoil of Gothenburg.
The Japanese shipyard, Kure Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, lengthened and widened the ‘John E Hyde's’ hull and strengthened the holds to take bulk cargoes. Only large shipyards can undertake this sort of complicated conversion, which involves cutting a ship in halves both longitudinally and transversely and building in additional sections. The rebuilt ‘John E Hyde', considerably larger than before, remained a Swedish-owned ship until its sale in 1965 to Sheldon Bulk Carriers Inc. and it was renamed ‘Silver Pagoda’.
The Japanese shipyard, Kure Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, lengthened and widened the ‘John E Hyde's’ hull and strengthened the holds to take bulk cargoes. Only large shipyards can undertake this sort of complicated conversion, which involves cutting a ship in halves both longitudinally and transversely and building in additional sections. The rebuilt ‘John E Hyde', considerably larger than before, remained a Swedish-owned ship until its sale in 1965 to Sheldon Bulk Carriers Inc. and it was renamed ‘Silver Pagoda’.
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Object Details
| ID: | SLR0084 |
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| Collection: | Ship models |
| Type: | Full-hull model; Rigged model |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | A B Sverres Modelsmedja |
| Vessels: | John E Hyde 1951 |
| Date made: | circa 1961 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall model: 285 mm x 1170 mm x 150 mm |
| Parts: | John E Hyde (1951); Merchant vessel; Cargo vessel; Bulk carrier |