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Description: | Scale unknown. A plastic kit model of the tanker J L Hanna (1945). The hull is painted red below the waterline with black topsides, red decking throughout with the superstructure painted white. It is complete with a funnel at the stern painted black, with the letter 'S' in white. The vessel is rigged with three masts, two either side of the bridge amidships and a small mast on the bridge itself. Fittings include a pair of lifeboats rigged to davits, ventilation cowlings for the engine room aft and a series of pipes and valves along the main deck. There is a central walkway between the forecastle bridge and accommodation aft. The whole model is mounted on a painted plaster sea on a chipboard wooden base painted black along its edges. The model is rigged with a number of flags including the red ensign, house flag, American courtesy flag, signal flags on the bridge and a single pilot flag. The name "J L Hanna" is inscribed on the port and starboard bows and "J L Hanna San Francisco" on the stern.
CA: BBC.
caption: Jlhanna Cargo 1945 - port broadside
caption: Jlhanna Cargo 1945 - port three quarter bow
caption: Jlhanna Cargo 1945 - starboard stern quarter
caption: unavailable | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum J L Hanna 1945 waterline models models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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