Andreta (1880); Combermere (1880); Galgate (1880); M E Watson (1880); Magician (1880); Mooltan (1880); Cargo vessel; Ship

Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the starboard side of the ship-rigged cargo vessels Andreta (1880), Cambermere (1880), Galgate (1880), M E Watson (1880), Magician (1880) and Mooltan (1880), made entirely in wood, partly painted and polished a mid-brown colour. The hull is polished wood below the waterline with horizontal lines inscribed on it and black above. The hull has a clipper bow and rudder. Fittings include a stump bowsprit, foremast, mainmast and mizzen mast; forecastle and poop deck; and two unidentified structures located on the poop. The model is displayed on a rectangular wooden backboard with bevelled edges. Inscribed on the left- and right-hand sides of the backboard is ‘Richardson Duck & Co Shipbuilders Stockton-on-Tees’ and ‘Mooltan, Cambermere, Andreta, Magician, M.E. Watson, Andreta, Galgate’.

Object Details

ID: SLR1095
Collection: Ship models
Type: Half block model
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Andreta fl.1880; Combermere (1881) Galgate fl.1880 Magician fl.1880 M E Watson 1880 Mooltan 1880
Date made: circa 1880
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model: 315 x 1707 x 120 mm; Backboard: 364 x 1901 x 16 mm