Passenger vessel; Canoe; Burmese Dugout Canoe

Scale: Unknown. A model of a Burmese dugout canoe made entirely in wood the exterior of which has been stained and varnished. The hull appears to have been made from a single piece of wood and the hull shape is long and narrow with a shallow draught. There is a slight sheer to the stern and the foredeck is flat with a blunt bow. There is provision for seventeen thwarts (three recorded missing in 1977). A gunwale edge on the starboard side is fitted with a covering board of which the starboard stern part is missing and the entire port side covering board is missing.

Object Details

ID: AAE0081
Collection: Ship models
Type: Full hull model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: Possibly before 1913
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Measurements: Overall: 185 mm x 2102 mm x 215 mm