/internal/media/dispatcher/1963/fullMMM 004871Half-hull plating model of a 36-foot Double Chine Steel-Work LaunchModels / Scale Models196119611961J. ZerafaJ. Zerafa7.0000000000Created 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. 36.000000000015.0000000000Numbered 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"". Malta Maritime MuseumMalta Maritime Museum8446840393-40Half Block ModelHind, J. Anthony. (1961). Shaping the Ship, "The Bailey News", July 1961, No. 21, pgs. 146-147.Heritage Malta240Wood, ink1:12