Service vessel; Lifeboat; Catarmaran

Scale: Unknown. A full hull model of a catamaran lifeboat made entirely in wood with metal fittings and painted. The twin hull is painted white on the sides and underside and red overall above. The hull shape is double-ended, flat-bottomed and the bow and stern sweep upward. A pair of guard rails are positioned along most of the port and starboard sides on a turtle-backed deck. Within the guard rails, along the centre of the deck, and forming a rectangular shape are a second pair of guard rails clad in netting. On labels ‘34’ and ‘97’.

Object Details

ID: SLR2703
Collection: Ship models
Type: Full hull model
Display location: Not on display
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model: 85 x 470 x 177 mm