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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the starboard side of the cargo ship Peridot (1890), made bread and butter construction entirely in wood, painted and polished. The hull is polished wood below the waterline and black above. Hull details include a single strake in polished wood; bulwarks at bow and stern; and a propeller cavity. Other features and fittings include a foredeck; a stump foremast and mainmast; and a poop deck accommodating a superstructure and single funnel painted black. The model is displayed on a rectangular mahogany backboard with bevelled edges. On wooden plaque attached to bottom centre of backboard ?SS ?Peridot" built by John Fullerton & Co Merksworth building yard Paisley 1889. Dimensions Length BP 130' 0" Breadth 19' 9" Depth in HD 9' 9" Engines cyl 16" & 32" stroke 22" HP NOM 40?.
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caption: Peridot 1890 - broadside | 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 blocks models (representations) Peridot 1890 | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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