Rigged model of an English Well Smack
- maker:
- Major Frederick Raban
Rigged model, Scale 1:36, of an English Well Smack (after Chapman's Architecture Novalis Mercatoria, 1768), by Major Raban Williams, Ringmore, Devon, England, March 1937. These vessels were used by the fishing fleet of Shetland to bring fish to market as fresh as possible. Therefore they needed to be fast and were built for speed.
Details
- Category:
- Water Transport
- Object Number:
- 1937-21
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), paint, canvas, silk, cotton (fibre) and metal (unknown)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 580 mm x 510 mm x 200 mm,
- type:
- model - representation and sailing vessel
- credit:
- Major J Raban Williams
