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'Accumulator', starboard broadside, scenic model Long Caption: Scale: 1:96. One of a series of scenic models built to illustrate the different methods to catch fish from 1950 onwards. It shows the drift net vessel 'Accumulator', launched in 1955, with the nets set. The hull is inscribed with its name and port registration markings ‘BF215’ either side of the bow, indicating it operated out of Banff, Scotland. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Reproduced with kind permission of Kenneth Britten, model maker Object: SLR1672 Artist: Kenneth Britten Date: circa 1974 Medium: wood; paint; varnish; cotton; hemp; copper; metal; plaster; nylon; plastic; perspex Size: 305 mm x 1427 mm x 302 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.