Scale: 1:48. A contemporary full hull model of the 'Argyllshire' (1911), a frozen meat carrier. Constructed in the builder’s style, the model is decked, fully equipped and rigged, with the hull inscribed with ‘Argyllshire’ on port and starboard bows and ‘Argyllshire Glasgow’ on the stern. Built by John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank, it measured 526 feet in length by 61 feet in the beam and a tonnage of 10,392, making it the largest cargo ship constructed before the outbreak on World War I. It was powered by an eight-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine of 1264 initial horsepower producing a service speed of 14 knots.

Owned by the Scottish Shire Line and employed in the frozen meat trade, the ‘Argyllshire’ was hit by a German torpedo in 1917 but managed to stay afloat eventually making it back to port. After a succession of different owners, she was eventually sold for scrap in 1936.