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Description: | Scale: 1:4. A model of a clinker-built, 28-foot merchant ship?s lifeboat (1950). At such a large scale, one would be forgiven for assuming, at first glance, that this was an actual full-size boat. It was made for promotional purposes by the manufacturer of this design of lifeboat and its long list of fittings and equipment includes collapsible masts and davit hooks. The type was fitted with buoyancy tanks, had a small fully enclosed cabin in the centre and could be used under sail or power. It became very popular in the merchant navy. Watercraft Ltd., the company that made both model and its depicted subject, built all sorts of small vessels from police launches to narrow boats, but was particularly well-known for its lifeboats.
CA: AAA. The chatham storage measurements are for the boat only and not for the wooden frame.
caption: Lifeboat 1950~7 - Port broadside
caption: Lifeboat 1950~7 - bow three quarter
caption: Lifeboat 1950~7 - 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 full hull ship models | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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