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Service vessel; Liferaft; Sailing liferaft

Full hull model of a proposed sailing liferaft (1862), at a scale of 1:12, made from various spars and empty powder casks that could be either assembled on deck or salvaged from a sinking sailing ship. The model is rigged with the sails set and is inscribed ‘Tier of empty powder cases studding sail booms and planks’, ‘spare main topsail yard’, ‘cross jack yard’, ‘hand mast’, ‘mast fish’, ‘tier of empty butts’, ‘main topmast’, ‘spare fore topsail yard’, ‘driver boom’ and ‘tier of empty powder cases studding sail booms and planks’.
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Object Details

ID: SLR2501
Collection: Ship models
Type: Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: circa 1862
People: South Kensington Museum; Mr Fonteneau
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Measurements: Overall model: 855 x 910 x 257 mm
Parts: Service vessel; Liferaft; Sailing liferaft
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