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Model of a Lifeboat Release
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Polychromed model of a section of a ship's side with a boat on two iron davits, on a baseboard with simulated water, incomplete. The model demonstrates the boat's lowering, where two hooks on the davit tackle (now missing) are released by removing a locking ring in the middle. The mechanism simultaneously plugs a scupper in the bottom of the boat with a lever at the back. The boat is smooth-sided with a flat transom, the bow rising at both ends; it has eight scuppers.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineModel of a Lifeboat Release. 1876. A.C. van Haeften. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
