Object Description
A shipyard model of the survey and site investigation ship M.V. Whitehorn, with a red hull, green waterline and grey topsides, the funnel painted blue and white with the letter ‘C’, the rust coloured decks with green, cream and white capstans, the sterns painted in black ‘Whitehorn Liverpool’, the wooden base with a Perspex plaque stating ‘H.D. Turner, Model maker, Taunton Somerset. M.V. Whitehorn’ and another black label with white script “MV ‘Whitehorn’ survey & site investigation model, scale 3/16-1”. English, 1963.
MV Whitehorn was built in Bristol and owned by William Coe & Co. Ltd. of Liverpool.