Service vessel; Lifeboat
Scale: Unknown. A full hull model of a sailing lifeboat made entirely in wood with metal fittings and unpainted. The carvel hull is built plank-on-frame. The hull planks, most of the stem post, keel and stern post are made from a light-coloured wood, while the top part of the stem post, strake, bulwarks, gunwales and the turtle decks at the bow and stern are a darker wood. Fittings include rudder and tiller, five rowlocks on the port and starboard sides, five thwarts, mast and furled sail and a crest or insignia on the port and starboard bows and backboard. The model is mounted on a pair of fine decoratively turned brass pillar supports and displayed on a rectangular baseboard with diagonal bevelled edges.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR1761 |
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Collection: | Ship models |
Type: | Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails furled |
Display location: | Not on display |
Date made: | 1800-1900; 19th century |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall model: 128 x 572 x 139 mm; Base: 46 x 469 x 133 mm |