Equipment model; Propeller model
Scale: Unknown. A model of the method for raising and lowering a propeller made in wood with metal and rope fittings and stained and polished. The model shows a stylised section of stern with its deadwood and rudder post and a propeller well terminating in a cross shaped aperture at deck level. The two bladed propeller does not rotate but is fixed on its shaft in a vertical position. The frame housing the propeller is connected to a series of pulley wheels that can be worked by pulling a large brass toggle. By pulling the toggle the propeller can be raised. Straddling the propeller well at deck level is a brass frame with four pulley wheels that facilitate the operation. The model is displayed on a rectangular mahogany baseboard with bevelled edges.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR2722 |
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Collection: | Ship models |
Type: | Equipment model; Propeller model |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Unknown |
Date made: | Unknown |
People: | South Kensington Museum |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall model (includes baseboard) : 630 mm x 430 mm x 279 mm |
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