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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A large and impressive model that retains its original shipbuilder?s case and display table. The model itself sits on six turned silver-plated supports that rest on the black velvet-covered floor of the case. The glazing in the portholes is made of surface-silvered glass.
A twin-screw vessel built by the Caledon Shipbuilding Company, Dundee, for the Glen Line, ?Glenearn? (1938) was the first of a class of eight ships. The model shows features like the heavy-lift derricks, elongated ventilators for the extensive refrigerated cargo space, and the six large hatches for the carriage of vegetable oils in bulk. There was also accommodation for a handful of passengers; their area of the ship can be seen clearly in the midship section of the model with the large rectangular windows and teak-covered decks.The somewhat upright and old-fashioned appearance is typical of the ships of this line.
?Glenearn? served under the White Ensign during the Second World War, first as a fleet supply ship, then as a landing ship. It was seriously damaged during the evacuation of Greece in 1941. After the war, it was employed by Glen Line on the London-Far East, via Suez, service. It was eventually sold to a Taiwanese shipbreakers in August 1970.
A twin-screw vessel built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee, for the Glen Line, Glenearn (1938) was the first of a class of eight ships. The model shows features like the heavy-lift derricks, elongated ventilators for the extensive refrigerated cargo space, and the six large hatches for the carriage of vegetable oils in bulk. There was also accommodation for a handful of passengers; their area of the ship can be seen clearly in the midship section of the model with the large rectangular windows and teak-covered decks.The somewhat upright and old-fashioned appearance is typical of the ships of this line.
The Glenearn served under the White Ensign during the Second World War, first as a fleet supply ship, then as a landing ship. It was seriously damaged during the evacuation of Greece in 1941. After the war, it was employed by Glen Line on the London-Far East, via Suez, service. It was eventually sold to a Taiwanese shipbreakers in August 1970.
CA: AAA.
caption: Glenearn (1938) | 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 Glenearn 1938 | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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