Passenger/cargo vessel

Scale: Unknown. A waterline model of a passenger / cargo vessel. The hull is painted black with light brown boot topping along the waterline with a thin white line dividing the two. The upperworks, accommodation superstructure and decks are painted a creamy white. The forward deck is fitted with a large single mast rigged with a pair of derricks and two pairs of cargo cranes, all of which serve two grey covered cargo hatches. The central upper bridge and accommodation superstructure is fitted with eight pairs of lifeboats rigged to davits either side of a single, slightly raking, circular funnel, painted black overall. There are five pairs of large engine room ventilator cowlings painted black located at the base of the funnel and around a large skylight towards the stern of the boat deck. At the stern, there is a single mast rigged with two pairs of derricks and a pair of smaller cargo cranes, all of which serve two grey covered cargo hatches. There is a raised poop deck fitted with two pairs of lifeboats two rigged in davits, two on skids. The number "62" is written on the underside of the hull.

Object Details

ID: ZBA1008
Collection: Ship models
Type: Waterline model; Miniature model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Carpenter, Reginald
Places: Southampton; Devon
Date made: Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model: 35 x 133 x 15 mm
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