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Description: | Scale: about 1:8. A full hull model of a proposed life-saving capsule (circa 1914) made entirely in wood with metal fittings and varnished. The depicted vessel is bullet-shaped and fully-enclosed. Fittings include a pronounced single ballasted keel; a heavy strake encircling the hull at the waterline with two pairs of lighter strakes higher up that serve as footings; an insulated roof protected the occupants against exposure, as well as providing extra buoyancy; a rudder, the long edge reinforced with metal, and a short tiller; small open cockpit at the stern; and stout bilge keels and a pair of stabilizer fins mounted horizontally at the aft ends of the stout strakes. There is a mount for a single mast which is now missing. The model is displayed on a rudimentary baseboard.
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caption: Full hull model, life-saving capsule, port � bow
caption: Full hull model, life-saving capsule, starboard stern quarter, rudder detail
caption: Full hull model, life-saving capsule, starboard broadside
caption: Full hull model, life-saving capsule
caption: Full hull model, life-saving capsule, stern, showing tiller and cockpit
caption: Full hull model, life-saving capsule, starboard stern quarter | 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 R. F. Wells full hull ship models | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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