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Boy Albert; Passenger vessel; Beach boat; Yarmouth beach boat

Scale: 1:8. A full hull model of the Boy Albert, a Yarmouth beach boat made entirely in wood with metal fittings and painted and varnished in realistic finishes. The hull is made plank-on-frame and clinker-built, painted white below the waterline and varnished above. Fittings include four oars and rowlocks, two thwarts, and ample side and stern seating with a backboard. The model is currently displayed on a modern museum-made Perspex baseboard. On backboard ‘A.Moore Boy Albert. No 96 Licensed to carry 8 persons’. On stern ‘Boy Albert Yarmouth’

These boats were used by local boatmen at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk for pleasure parties during the summer and fishing during the winter. They are relatively flat-bottomed towards the stern and this, along with the cutaway part of the keel, allows them to come ashore stern-first.
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Object details

ID: SLR1841
Collection: Ship models
Type: Full hull model; Plank-on-frame
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown; Rumbelow, P. A.
Vessels: Boy Albert
Date made: early 20th century
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. We regret that Museum enquiries have not been able to identify the copyright holder and would welcome any information that would help us update our records. Please contact the Picture Library.
Measurements: Overall model: 100 x 597 x 207 mm
Parts: Boy Albert; Passenger vessel; Beach boat; Yarmouth beach boat