Service vessel; Lighter; Lifting lighter
Scale: not calculated. The model depicts a flat-bottomed, double-ended, lifting lighter, of around 1900. A slot-shaped well in the centre of the vessel is open to the water and, through this, pass four in-line steel lifting cables that feed around fairleads, drum-shaped capstans, and through eight retaining vice-like devices on the deck. We can see from the model that the vessel had a wooden deck and a plated steel hull. The model, too, is made from wood and metal and the fittings include a large square-shaped rudder, hand operated breaking devices for the cables, white-painted hood and an anchor windlass, forward. The model still retains its smart figured mahogany base and turned brass pillar supports, though its case cover is now lost.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR1785 |
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Collection: | Ship models |
Type: | Full hull model |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Tombs, John |
Date made: | circa 1900 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall model: 155 x 712 x 182 mm; Base: 90 x 856 x 325 mm |
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