Half-hull plating model of a 36-foot Double Chine Steel-Work Launch

Creator J. Zerafa

Date1961

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Models

Object TypeHalf Block Model

Registration NumberMMM 004871

DescriptionCreated in 1961 by the Bailey (Malta) Ltd Merchant Ship Design Office. The complex curves of a hull's shell plating could not be easily drawn on plan in the era before computers. Shipbuilders therefore used a scaled-down half-block model of the hull as a working production tool and marked plate-lines with ink.
InscriptionsNumbered measurements in black ink. On top of the model, in black ink "36Ft. Single Screw Steel Work Launch L.O.A. 36-OO, BREADTH MOULDED 10'-0", DEPTH MOULDED 5'-11/2" MODEL "C"". Material

Wood, ink

Scale

1:12

Published ReferencesHind, J. Anthony. (1961). Shaping the Ship, "The Bailey News", July 1961, No. 21, pgs. 146-147.

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