Shirvan (1925); Cargo vessel; Petroleum tanker

Scale: not calculated. The plaque in the case with the model states that it depicts both ‘Shirvan’ (1925) and ‘Shirak’ (1926) though the model itself sports only the former tanker’s name on its bows and stern. Built by Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne, for the Baltic Trading Co. Ltd., London, in 1925, they were both torpedoed and lost during the Second World War. It is one of several models of tankers built between the Wars in the NMM collection.

Object Details

ID: SLR1475
Collection: Ship models
Type: Full hull model; Rigged model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd
Vessels: Shirak 1926; Shirvan 1925
Date made: circa 1925
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model and packing case: 624 x 1643 x 425 mm
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