Service vessel; Jolly boat

Scale: 1:48. A modern exhibition model of the 16-foot jolly boat as issued to HM Transport ‘Bounty’ (1784) and included as part of a larger diorama showing the ship alongside a quay loading supplies for a upcoming voyage. The hull is of carvel construction and is complete with a crew of two who are alongside the ‘Bounty’, passing up stores to be stowed in the hold.

Object Details

ID: SLR3004
Collection: Ship models
Type: Full hull model; Rigged model; Scenic model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Britten, Kenneth
Events: Mutiny on the Bounty, 1789
Vessels: Bounty (purchased 1787)
Date made: 1988
People: National Maritime Museum; Britten, Kenneth
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Reproduced with kind permission of Kenneth Britten, modelmaker
Parts: Service vessel; Jolly boat