Component model; Funnel model

Scale: Unknown. A model of a funnel made entirely in metal with a wood frame and painted in British India Line Company colours. The exterior is painted gloss black with two broad white horizontal stripes. A vertical companion access ladder is rigged to the front of the funnel leading to a square platform for servicing the two whistles. The whistles are mounted at the top of the front of the funnel and have brass, or brass coloured, tops. The funnel is pear-shaped in plan view, the interior of which is not depicted.

Object Details

ID: SLR2119
Collection: Ship models
Type: Component model; Funnel model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: 1950 circa
People: British India Steam Navigation Company Limited
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 910 x 149 x 585 mm