|
Date: |
|
Description: | Scale: Unknown. A full hull model of a pulling and sailing lifeboat made entirely in wood with metal fittings and the exterior painted a uniform white. The hull shape is wide in the beam, shallow-draft and double-ended. The carvel hull is carved to resemble plank-on-frame construction. Fittings include a very heavy stem, keel, stern post and rudder; provision for six oars in a staggered configuration; three thwarts; enclosed bow and stern buoyancy tanks and a single life belt.
CA: BAC. Rudder detached. Metal actively deteriorating.
caption: Lifeboat - port broadside
caption: Lifeboat - port three quarter view
caption: Lifeboat - starboard quarter view | 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 full hull ship models | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
|
|