Recreation vessel

Scale: Unknown. A full hull model of a recreational vessel? made entirely of wood in a bread and butter construction comprising of six layers of wood glued together. The model has been painted internally and externally a bright lemon yellow colour. The port half of the hull is marked with seven stations and two waterlines, together with a series of numbers running from 1-6 and a large letter C internally. The hull shape shows a fast planing, V-shaped chine with an almost vertical and rounded transom. Roughly where the hull would plane on the water at highspeed a series of small metal pins have been pushed into the hull in the form of a triangle but have subsequently been moved.

Object Details

ID: SLR0290
Collection: Ship models
Type: Full hull model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Camper & Nicholson Ltd
Date made: Unknown
People: Camper & Nicholson Ltd; Camper & Nicholson Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model: 145 mm x 940 mm x 280 mm