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Full hull model
Scale: 1:24. This model was commissioned and owned by Fairmile Construction Company Ltd., the company that designed the actual cone-driven ramped car ferry (1953). It retains its original display case with builder’s plaque inscribed ‘Aluminium alloy ramped cargo vessel 60'0’ OA x 16'0’ MLD x 5'6’ MLD Designed by Fairmile Construction Co Ltd (Mr S N Graham M.B.E. M.I.N.A.) Cobham Surrey built at Hayling Island Hants’. An intriguing looking vessel, it was developed and built for Crown Agents for service in Sarawak, Malaysia.
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Object Details
| ID: | SLR1666 |
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| Collection: | Ship models |
| Type: | Full hull model |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Fairmile Construction Co Ltd |
| Date made: | circa 1953 |
| People: | Fairmile Construction Co Ltd; Watercraft Ltd |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall model and case: 508 x 1026 x 417 mm |
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