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Cargo vessel; Barge; Shovel-nose barge

Scale: Unknown. A full hull model of a shovel-nose sailing barge made entirely in wood with metal and organic material fittings and painted in realistic colours. The hull is flat-bottomed, straight-sided, with an angular bow and stern, chisel-shaped stem post and vertical stern post. The hull is painted black overall and the single deck is a varnished wood. Fittings include a single mast, a very long, stowed boom or yard and a ketch mast rigged to the rudder; a single hatch located amidships; a very large, flat-bottomed rudder; and provision for a bowsprit. The sails are in poor condition, currently detached and stored separately. On label applied to model ‘84’.

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Object details

ID:	SLR2636
Collection:	Ship models
Type:	Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set
Materials:	Wood; Organic: cotton Organic: hemp Metal: brass Metal: iron Metal Paint
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1929; 12 Apr 1929
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements:	Overall model: 614 x 693 x 144 mm
Parts:	Cargo vessel; Barge; Shovel-nose barge Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Sail (SLR2636.1) Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Sail (SLR2636.2) Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Sail (SLR2636.3) Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Sail (SLR2636.4) Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Sail fragments (SLR2636.5)