MAJESTIC MODEL DOSSIER

A model of Majestic survives today at the Auckland Maritime Museum. It was originally made by by Basset-Lowke, who manufactured several ship models, as well as model railways and other assorted items. Timothy Young deserves sincere thanks for sharing information about the model.

(Another model, reputedly the original builder’s model of Bismarck/Majestic, still survives today. It is a half model, displaying the ship’s interior spaces, and remains in excellent condition. It is displayed at the RAN Historical Collection, Spectacle Island, Sydney Harbour. Photographs and information about this model can be found at Peter Leach’s website: ‘Bismarck Model’ )

Click on the arrows to navigate through the slideshow, and to read the informative captions for each image.

An extract from Majestic’s rigging plan, showing the forward mast, the bridge enclosure, officers’ quarters, and the foremost funnel. It is also interesting to note the framing of the windows at the forward end of the promenade deck (seen here immediately below the three lifeboats). As we have seen above, it seems that these windows, originally wood finished, had their frames painted white in the late 1920s. As a result, they became visible on photographs and led some researchers to conclude mistakenly that the deck had been newly-enclosed. (Courtesy National Archives.)

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