Agate (1878); Cargo vessel
Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the starboard side of the cargo ship Agate (1878), made entirely in wood and polished a mid-brown finish. The hull has a waterline inscribed on it. Features include a short forecastle, long aft deck, propeller well and rudder (currently missing). The model is displayed on a rectangular wooden backboard of a colour identical to the model itself, with bevelled edges and two decorative lozenge-shaped wooden plaques located in the bottom left- and right-hand corners. On plaques ‘T.B. Seath & Co Shipbuilders Rutherglen’ and ‘S.S. "Agate" 120ft x 20ft x 10ft 183 tons Gross. 98 tons Nett’.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR1091 |
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Collection: | Ship models |
Type: | Half block model |
Display location: | Not on display |
Vessels: | Agate (1878) |
Date made: | circa 1878 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Chatham storage measurement: 210 mm x 1010 mm x 90 mm |