Cargo vessel; Barge; Shovel-nose barge
Scale: Unknown. A full hull model of a shovel-nose sailing barge made entirely in wood with metal and organic material fittings and painted in realistic colours. The hull is flat-bottomed, straight-sided, with an angular bow and stern, chisel-shaped stem post and vertical stern post. The hull is painted black overall and the single deck is a varnished wood. Fittings include a single mast, a very long, stowed boom or yard and a ketch mast rigged to the rudder; a single hatch located amidships; a very large, flat-bottomed rudder; and provision for a bowsprit. The sails are in poor condition, currently detached and stored separately. On label applied to model ‘84’.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR2636 |
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Collection: | Ship models |
Type: | Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set |
Display location: | Not on display |
Date made: | 1929; 12 Apr 1929 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
Measurements: | Overall model: 614 x 693 x 144 mm |
Parts: |
Cargo vessel; Barge; Shovel-nose barge
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