item details
NameModel ship HMS "New Zealand"
ProductionCaptain T Devitt; model maker; 1955-1959; New Zealand
Classificationmodels, battleships
Materialswood, steel, brass, paper, paint, ink, adhesive
DimensionsOverall: 870mm (height), 2235mm (length), 745mm (depth)
Registration NumberNS000038
Credit lineGift of the Wellington Marine Model Club, 1959.
Overview
This is a waterline model (a model made to represent a ship afloat on the water, as opposed to showing it entire with its hull) of the British battlecruiser HMS New Zealand. The model was made by Captain T M Devitt and other members of the Wellington Marine Model Club for Te Papa's predecessor, the Dominion Museum, between 1955 and 1959.