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.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR0290 |
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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 |