Sailing lifeboat, port broadside

F2862-1

Sailing lifeboat, port broadside Long Caption: Scale: 1:12. A contemporary full hull model of a sailing lifeboat (circa 1880). Built plank on frame, the model is decked and equipped with floors, thwarts, rudder and tiller, water ballast tanks and valves. The hull is built in clinker fashion and varnished throughout and is fitted with a removable washstrake above the gunwale. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: SLR2566 Artist: unknown Date: circa 1880 Medium: wood; cotton; hemp; leather; brass; metal; paint; varnish; gilt Size: 161 mm x 910 mm x 308 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.