Ship model
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SCREW STEAMER/PASSENGER LINER
- DATE
- 1931
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.1874.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Brown, John & Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- EMPRESS OF BRITAIN II
- LOCATION
- Clydebank, Scotland
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- AT TIME OF CATALOGUING MODEL CAN ONLY BE VIEWED THROUGH ITS CASE- IT APPEARS TO BE PRIMARILY MADE OF WOOD. ALSO: METAL STACKS, VENTS, A VARIETY OF DECK EQUIPMENT & HARDWARE; GLASS OR PLASTIC PORTHOLES.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 388.0 cm
- Width
- 73.0 cm
- Height
- 154.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Models
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Brown
- Country
- Scotland
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Clydebank
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
VESSEL: CANADIAN OWNED & FAMOUS FOR ITS PRE-WWII WORLD CRUISES, IT WAS THE 1ST CP SHIP TO VISIT AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND. THE "EMPRESS" SHIPS WERE THE MAIN RIVALS TO THE SHIPS OF THE CUNARD LINE BEFORE THE WAR. THE EMPRESS OF BRITAIN WAS SUNK IN 1940 DURING WAR DUTY. - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
VESSEL: A PASSENGER LINER WHICH WASTHE LARGEST & MOST LUXURIOUS OF THE CP FLEET. IT POSSESSED THE LARGEST SWIMMING POOL ABOARD ANY LINER, TENNIS COURTS, AND AN OPERATING ROOM. IT WAS THE FIRST TO PROVIDE WORLD WIDE RADIO/TELEPHONE SERVICE ON BOARD, RECORDING THE 1ST CANADIAN SHIP TO SHORE PHONE COMMUNICATION. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "EMPRESS OF BRITAIN/LONDON" ON STERN. "EMPRESS OF BRITAIN" ON BOTH SIDES OF PROW./ FOR TRANSCRIPTIONS OF 1 PLAQUE INSIDE CASE & 2 SMALL BRASS PLAQUES, SEE SUPP. INF.
- Missing
- none
- Finish
- PAINTED REDDISH BROWN BELOW THE WATERLINE WITH A GREEN BAND AT THE WATERLINE. PAINTED WHITE ABOVE THE WATERLINE. 4 BRASS PROPS. DECKS STAINED OR PAINTED VERY LIGHT BROWN. STACKS & VENTS PAINTED YELLOW. LIFEBOATS STAINED MID-BROWN WITH WHITE COVERS. DECK WINDOWS BLUE. SOME PIECES OF DECK EQUIPMENT BLACK.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Brown, John & Co. Ltd., Ship model, 1931, Artifact no. 1981.1874, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.1874.001/
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