Passenger/cargo vessel (circa 1800); Service vessel; Hoy; Trinity House
Scale: 1:32. This model has been built plank on frame to illustrate the extreme curvature and clinker planking of the hull. It represents a hoy of 61 feet in length by 23 feet in the beam with an approximate tonnage of 104. It was built for Trinity House and shows the large hatch amidships as well as the windless in the bow, used for lifting heavy weights. The hoys were frequently hired, and sometimes privately owned as pleasure craft.asure craft.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR0249 |
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Collection: | Ship models; Special collections |
Type: | Full hull model |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Unknown |
Date made: | Circa 1800 |
Exhibition: | Guiding Lights |
People: | The Corporation of Trinity House |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Green Blackwall Collection |
Measurements: | Overall model: 206 x 652 x 239 mm; Base: 100 x 640 x 227 mm |
Parts: | Passenger/cargo vessel (circa 1800); Service vessel; Hoy; Trinity House |