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Description: | Scale: Unknown. A half block model of the starboard side of the passenger and cargo ship Maria (active 1898) made entirely in wood and partly painted. The hull is polished below the waterline a mid-brown finish and is made up of several horizontal pieces of wood that resemble stylized planking. The hull above the waterline is painted black. The hull is flat-bottomed, straight-sided and has raised bulwarks amidships. Fittings include stump foremast and mainmast; two cargo hatch covers on each of the fore and aft decks; superstructure placed amidships; and provision for a single propeller. The model is displayed on a rectangular mahogany backboard with bevelled edges. On starboard bow ?Maria?. Hand rendered on bottom right-hand corner of backboard ?Dimensions Length B.P. 340'-0" Breadth Ext. 48'-0" Depth Mld. 29'-0" ? and ?John Priestman & Co, Shipbuilders Sunderland?.
CA: BAC. Rudder missing.
caption: Maria 1898 - broadside | 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 blocks models (representations) Maria fl.1898 | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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