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British Reliance (1949); Cargo vessel; Oil tanker

Scale: 1:48. A large, cased, shipbuilder’s exhibition model of a single screw motor tanker. ‘British Reliance’ (1949) was built by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. for British Petroleum Tanker Co. It was engaged in worldwide trading, first with crude oil, then a mixture of crude and black oil products. Small by today’s standards, it was 547 feet in length, just over 11,000 GRT (gross registered tons) and had a service speed of 14 knots.

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Object Details

ID:	SLR0038
Collection:	Ship models
Type:	Full hull model; Rigged model
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd
Vessels:	British Reliance (1950)
Date made:	circa 1949
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall model and base: 456 x 4092 x 912 mm; Original case: 1441 x 4060 x 901 mm