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Description: | Scale: 1:12. A contemporary full hull, plank on frame model of a pulling and sailing lifeboat (1850). The hull has been built in diagonal fashion, is double-ended and pulls twelve oars through rope grommets on the gunwale. It is fitted with air cases internally to prevent sinking should the hull become damaged or holed, as well as relieving tubes to drain water should the hull become awash. To protect the hull when launched and recovered from the beach, there is an additional layer of copper sheathing. This style of lifeboat was later used aboard large passenger ships and by some foreign lifesaving societies who preferred the surfboat principal.
CA: BAC. Case lid detached and glass cracked.
caption: Lifeboat - port broadside
caption: Lifeboat - port three quarter view
caption: Lifeboat - starboard quarter view
caption: Lifeboat - detail of deck | 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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