Passenger vessel

Scale: Unknown. A waterline model of a passenger vessel. The hull is painted green with white at the waterline and white upperparts. The decks are painted pale buff with pale grey hatch covers. The depicted vessel has a three island configuration. The forecastle includes a single hatch served by a derrick foremast. The short forward cargo deck has a single hatch.

The main superstructure is placed amidships and the front elevation four open decks with an open bridge with rectangular bridge wings and an enclosed pilot house on the upper deck. Immediately aft of the bridge wings are stowed a pair of lifeboats. The main deck has an open promenade and on the boat deck above there are three pairs of lifeboats, stowed on davits. In the middle of this deck there are a pair of derricks and a single tall funnel, painted red with a black top and two narrow, horizontal black stripes. There are two ventilators forward, and two aft, of the funnel, all painted brown. To the rear of the boat deck, is a raised deck with a further two pairs of lifeboats stowed on davits.

The short aft cargo deck has a single hatch served by a pair of derricks mounted on the raised poop deck. The stern deck has a raised poop, which incorporates four lifeboats (one lifeboat detached), a mainmast, and two pairs of derricks, one pair mounted forward, and the other aft.

On base of model: "138".

Object Details

ID: ZBA1056
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: 30 x 120 x 15 mm
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