Full Size Printed Plan Scale 1/4"= 1ft Steamer “S.S. CHANNEL QUEEN” Suitable for Radio Control

Full Size Printed Plan

No material plans only

“S.S. CHANNEL QUEEN”

Full Size Printed on a sheet 48” x 36” 

Five Page Article and photos

Scale 1/4"= 1ft

Length 46"

Beam 6 1/4"

Suitable for Radio Control

Some building experience required

NO BUILDING NOTES

BY P. N. THOMAS

   The Channel Queen was launched in 1912 by the Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd., who are still building ships. Her registered dimensions were 175 ft x 28 ft. x 13.5 ft. with a gross tonnage of 670 tons. She was for service with the London and Channel Islands Steamship Co. (Cheesewright). She is suitable for a 1/4 in.=1 ft. model which will give a length of 46 in. and a model weight of about 25 lb. She has quite a bit of detail but the large scale will enable the less experienced modeller to make a good job of the fittings — they are not too fiddly at this scale.

   EARLY steamers were flush decked with little but  the hatches, funnel and an engine room skylight projecting above the deck. After a number of vessels went missing it was discovered that the engine-room skylight had been smashed in by heavy seas breaking over the deck and the ships had foundered. The designers built up the skylight as high as 7 ft. and later it was extended forward to combine with the bridge, forming a long central superstructure. However, being flush-decked, heavy seas breaking over the bow swept along the open decks, smashing everything in their path and carrying men overboard.

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