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Service vessel; Lifeboat
Scale 1:12. A half block model of the starboard side of a multi-chine lifeboat (circa 1943) made entirely in wood which has a dark brown patina. The hull has a stem post (missing), keel, deadwood and the chines in the hull as it turns down towards the keel. The model is displayed on a rectangular wooden backboard with the upper corners removed at 45 degree angles. On typewritten paper label applied to backboard ‘Steel multi-chine lifeboat in course of development, Jun 1943, by Messrs Rowhedge Ironworks Ltd’. The backboard is heavily water-stained.
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Object Details
| ID: | SLR2589 |
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| Collection: | Ship models |
| Type: | Half block model |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | circa 1943 |
| People: | Rowhedge Ironworks Ltd; Rowhedge Ironworks Ltd |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. We regret that Museum enquiries have not been able to identify the copyright holder and would welcome any information that would help us update our records. Please contact the Picture Library. |
| Measurements: | Overall model: 92 x 418 x 91 mm; Backboard: 152 x 535 x 18 mm |