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.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR2565 |
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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 |