Scale: Unknown. A sectional model showing the iron frames of a composite-built ship. The model shows sixteen iron frames that form the floor and side of a ship's hull, connecting frames, iron deck beams, wooden filling frames and the completed outer hull. The exterior hull has been painted in realistic colours dark ochre below, black above, divided by a fine white line. The model also shows a section of bilge keel. The iron frames are painted blue and the model is annotated in various places, "A", "B", "D", "E", "F", "G", "K". The model is mounted on two turned brass pillar supports which are secured to a rectangular polished mahogany baseboard with bevelled edges and standing on four bun feet.