Model of the PS 'Sirius'
- maker:
- Science Museum, Workshops
Model, scale 1:48, rigged, of the P.S. 'Sirius', the first ship to cross the Atlantic under continuous steam power, on wooden base, by the Science Museum Workshops, London, South Kensington, London, England 1935-1937
Whole, rigged model (made in Museum) of PS 'Sirius' 1837. Scale 1:48. This ship was built by Robert Menzies and Son, Lieth, for the St. George Steam Packet Co.
Details
- Category:
- Water Transport
- Object Number:
- 1937-833
- Measurements:
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overall: 953 mm x 1560 mm x 378 mm,
- type:
- merchant ships, ferries, paddle steamers and side-wheelers