Passenger Liner

Scale: Unknown. A working model of a launching mechanism at the shipbuilding yard of John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. The model is housed in a bespoke wooden travelling case which opens at the top and front. Secured by two slots at the back and right-hand side of the case is a further small wooden case containing a much smaller scale full hull model of the passenger liner Queen Elizabeth (1940), which is rigged and painted in realistic colours.

Object Details

ID: SLR2496.1
Type: Passenger Liner
Display location: Not on display
Creator: John Brown & Co Ltd
Date made: circa 1938
Credit: Lent by Her Majesty The Queen
Measurements: Overall: 97 mm x 412 mm x 50 mm
Parts: Queen Elizabeth (1940); Merchant vessel; Passenger vessel; Passenger liner (Structural model; Slipway model)
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