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’.

Object Details

ID: SLR2636
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