Cedar Bank (1892); Passenger/cargo vessel; Barque

Scale: Unknown. A half block model of the starboard side of the four-masted passenger/cargo barque Cedar Bank (1892), made entirely in wood, painted and polished. The hull is polished wood made up of several horizontal sections below the waterline and black above with a broad off-white stripe running the entire length of the hull onto which is painted black rectangles that resemble gunports. Hull details include a clipper bow; figurehead; starboard hawse holes; and rudder. Fittings include foredeck and poop deck; a stump bowsprit, foremast, mainmast, mizzen mast and jigger mast; three deckhouses on the main deck of varying lengths and with what appear to be skylights; and tall deckhouse and enclosed wheel on the poop. The model is displayed on a rectangular wooden backboard with a framed edge in a lighter-coloured wood

Object Details

ID: SLR1232
Collection: Ship models
Type: Half block model
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Cedar Bank 1892
Date made: circa 1892
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Chatham storage measurement: 390 mm x 2350 mm x 220 mm
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