Model of AFRICAN ENTERPRISE

presentation model

MODELS - VESSELS - FULL
marad; models
Boucher Mfg. Co.
USA, NY, New York
circa 1949
wood
overall: 22 1/4 x 17 1/4 x 79 1/2 in.

Presentation model of Farrell Lines cargo ship AFRICAN ENTERPRISE. Wood built up in lifts, black painted topsides, red bottom, white waterline. Main decks are black, upper decks are veneer with planking scored in. Details include anchors, anchor windlass, ventilators, bollards, cargo booms, hatches, radar, funnel painted in Farrell Lines livery, binnacle, life boats on davits, cargo winches, propeller, rudder. In case with plaque which reads "AFRICAN ENTERPRISE/ Length: 491'-0", Breadth: 65'-7", Gross Weight: 7.900 Tons, Displacement: 14, 247 Tons/ Reconverted in 1949 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corp."

2001.112.4