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Description: | Scale: 1:24. A contemporary builder?s full hull model of a tunnel-stern river steamer (1885) mounted on its original turned silvered pillars and wooden baseboard. The shallow hull is fitted with a four-bladed propeller together with a ?baffle? just forward of the rudder. Other fittings include a single wheel rigged with chain steering, navigation lights, lifebuoys, a steam engine and boiler, funnel, a forward cabin and a large raised roof to provide shade and protection against foul weather.
It is thought that this was a proposed design by the shipbuilders Yarrows for use during the Gordon Relief Expedition of 1884?85 on the Nile. Several different designs were produced for this expedition, but few steamers were completed in time, and it is doubtful whether any reached the Nile. The tunnel-stern, allowing the screw to be recessed, not only reduced the draught of the vessel but also provided greater protection for the screw. Many small vessels of this type were built by British shipyards for use on tropical rivers worldwide.
CA: BBC.
caption: Ship model - starboard broadside
caption: Ship model - starboard quarter view
caption: Ship model - port three quarter view
caption: Ship model - below water line detail of rudder, propellor and prop shaft | 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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