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Description: | Scale: 1:640. A model of the ro-ro terminal at King George Dock, Hull (circa 1978) made in wood with metal and plastic components and painted in realistic colours. The model depicts two passenger ferries, Norland (1974) and Norwave (1965), a vehicle ferry Norsky (1977), and a molasses tanker Athel Duchess (1968), as well as numerous barges. The section of the dock includes an oil, or chemical, terminal with two whole, and two partly depicted, storage tanks; two car parks and a lorry park; warehouses with shallow-sloping pitched roofs; domestic housing; and infrastructure features including roads, arc lights, street lighting and grass verges. On port and starboard bows of molasses carrier "Athel Duchess". On port and starboard bows, and stern "Norland" and port and starboard stern quarters "Norland Hull". On port and starboard bows "Norwave" (1965).
CA: AAA.
caption: King George dock hull - frontal view
caption: King George dock hull - rear view
caption: Topographic model, King George Dock | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | topographic models Greenwich Norsky 1977 Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum Norwave 1965 Norland 1974 Athel Duchess fl.1978 Kenneth Britten British Transport Docks Board models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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