Model, of oil tanker British Admiral

This builder's model is of the oil tanker 'British Admiral'. The original vessel was built in 1917 by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd on the Tyne. The wooden model is built to a scale of 1:96.

Driven by triple expansion steam engines, the 'British Admiral' could carry 9,000 tons of oil. She was owned by the British Tanker Company, a subsidiary of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and for 20 years she carried oil from Iran to Europe. She was scrapped in 1936.

From the 18th century onwards, shipwrights built models to plan the shape of timbers and iron plates. Builders' models came to be included in the contract price of the ships themselves.

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Online ID:	000-180-002-049-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0504: National Museums Scotland Part 2 Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland T.1939.45
Date:	Model & original: 1917
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What:	Ship / oil tanker / model
Subject:	23. SHIPPING, Steam and Motor Ships (Departmental Classification)
Who:	Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (Parent company of owners of original) British Admiral (oil tanker) British Tanker Company (Owner of original ship) Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne (Builders of original ship)
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Description:	Model of an oil tanker, the British Admiral built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd in 1917 for the British Tanker Company (Anglo-Iranian Oil Company), scale 1:96, in a glazed mahogany case
References:	Storer, J D. Ship Models in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh: A catalogue of models representing the history of shipping from 1500 BC to the present day. Edinburgh: Royal Scottish Museum Information Series, 1985, p 38.
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