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Description: | Scale: unknown. One would be forgiven for thinking that this was the forward half of a much larger model. In 1972, a 20-year-old vessel, ?Veedol? was cut in half and the stern section converted to a bulk oil carrier. Its old bow was towed to Rotterdam and used as the basis for a new vessel, ?Thor? (1974), a diving support derrick pontoon for operation in the North Sea. It was fitted out with, among other things, a diving bell, compression chambers, and pile-driving hammers.
The model illustrates the more obvious changes to ?Veedol?s? old hull such as the crane itself, at the stern, and a new superstructure surmounted by a helicopter platform, at the bow end to act as a counterbalance. Between these features a large expanse of uninterrupted deck space was used for the stowage of cargo and equipment. We can also see ?Thor?s? eight large mooring anchors, exhaust vents, communications mast, and helicopter.
CA: AAA.
caption: Thor - starboard broadside
caption: Thor - port three quarter view
caption: Thor - pstarboard quarter view | 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 Thor 1974 | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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