Scale 1:48. A contemporary full hull model of the SS ‘Euplectela’ (1894) a bulk oil tanker. Constructed in the builder’s style, the model is decked, fully equipped with stump masts and funnel. The hull is inscribed with ‘Euplectela’ on the port and starboard bows together with ‘Euplectela London’ on the stern. Built by Armstrong, Mitchell & Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne, it measured 340 feet in length by 44 feet in the beam with a tonnage of 3918 gross. It was powered by a single triple-expansion steam engine of 352 nominal horsepower and was capable of a speed of 10 knots.

The ‘Euplectela’ was one of the first ships designed to carry oil in bulk and as such was one of the earliest vessels in which the engine room and boilers were fitted aft. She was engaged in the oil trade under several owners until 1921 and after which was berthed at Barcelona and used as a bunkering vessel. Returning to sea in 1928 under the Italian flag and named first the Perseus’ and later the ‘Centaurus’, she was withdrawn from Lloyd’s register in 1934.