Service vessel; Lifeboat

Scale: 1:6. Full hull model of a sailing lifeboat from about 1807. This early pulling and sailing lifeboat is fitted internally with large wooden barrels to increase its buoyancy. A single drop-keel was lowered by hand-crank when under sail. The clinker-built hull is fitted with scuppers below the wooden fender, to drain the decks when flooded by seawater. by seawater.

Object Details

ID: SLR2565
Collection: Ship models
Type: Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: circa 1807
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model: 490 x 777 x 220 mm