Scale: Not to scale. A half waterline model of the three-masted training ship Conway (1832) depicted under full sail and set in a realistically modelled and painted sea against a blue sky with clouds. The hull is red to just above the waterline, black above with a broad white stripe with black simulated (?) gunports. Fittings include a single tall black-painted funnel; three masts with sails fully set; a bowsprit and jib-boom; three trysails set on the bowsprit with a further two set between the foremast and mainmast, and the mainmast and mizzen; and flying a white ensign, pennant and a hoist of four (slightly inaccurate) signal flags, The model is displayed in a glass-fronted display case, set against a painted backdrop in a realistic sea-setting. 'Conway' was a merchant service training vessel, moored off Rock Ferry in the River Mersey. The establishment was set up by an association of Liverpool ship owners in 1859 and continued until 1974, originally in a naval frigate (HMS 'Conway'). This vessel was insufficiently large and was replaced by a 4th rate, HMS 'Winchester', in 1861. This ship was re-named 'Conway' (2): the 'Nile' (2nd-rate 2-decker, launched 1839) became 'Conway' (3) in 1876 and was wrecked while under tow in 1953 after which the establishment came ashore. Her figurehead is at HMS 'Nelson'; her bell, wheel and a model at the RN Museum, Portsmouth. The model would seem to represent the original 'Conway' though the maker was a cadet on 'Conway' (2).