Description

Waterline model of the S.S. Gluckauf mounted on a flat wooden base. The model has a black hull, cream colored decks, three rigged masts and deck structures. The ship's name is painted on the bow and stern.

The S.S. Gluckauf, built in Newcastle on Tyne, England in 1886, was the first purpose-built, engine-propelled bulk oil tanker ever constructed.