by Horst Muerell
1/250 Armament Carrier MORTAR 1943 (Paper Model)
Historical Information
Transporting armament and ammunition between naval bases and the steady supply of warships is essential in every navy. During WWII the Royal Navy ordered for these purposes armament carriers in various sizes.
The five vessels of the Mortar-Class were ordered by the Director of Armament Supply for the Admiralty and were built between 1943 und 1946, namely Mortar and Howitzer at Pollock’s, Faversham, Flintlock and Matchlock at Philip’s, Dartmouth and Catapult at Yarwood’s, Northwich. These yards specialised in building small coastal freighters, so the Navy used the already existing know-how and had also the opportunity to convert these vessel to coastal freighters after the war.
Technical Details:
Length: 31,40m
Breadth: 6.30m
Draught: 2.60m
Displacement: 187t
Speed: 9kts
Complement: 9
Total built: 5
Model
Mortar was delivered December 1943 by James Pollock, Sons & Co., Faversham, Kent. After the war she served as a torpedo-recovering vessel and ammunition transport on the Clyde. In October 1973 sold to Peter Herbert, Bude, Cornwell, for coastal trading.
The construction of the model and the information about the original were based on the following sources:
The Model is to a scale of 1:250 and 12cm long. It is made of grey-coloured card, the railings are of painted fly-screen.
