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A Half Block Model of the 1937 DEFENDER J-class Yacht Ranger
carved from the solid and finished in white and gold, mounted on a bevelled display board with brass plaque - 10¼ x 28¾in. (26 x 73cm.)
£250-350
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A WELL PRESENTED 1/5IN. TO 1FT SCALE HALF BLOCK MODEL OF THE ROYAL RACING YACHT BRITANNIA,
modelled by C. Starling and carved from laminated wood and finished with a matt antifoul below the waterline and gloss black above and contrasting satinwood deck, mounted on display board marked Britannia 1893-1936 lower right, modeller's labels to reverse - 9 x 31½in. (23 x 80cm.); together with a small half model of an X-boat carved from contrasting laminated woods and mounted in display board with information on reverse - 8 x 16in. (20 x 40.5cm.)
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£250-400
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A FINELY DETAILED 1/8IN. TO 1FT SCALE MODEL OF THE STEAM YACHT NAHLIN, DESIGNED BY G.L WATSON AND BUILT BY JOHN BROWN [1930]
with bespoke moulded hull, planked deck with silvered fittings, painted and varnished superstructure, seven assorted and detailed boats swung out on davits and much other fine detailing, mounted on cradles within a glazed wooden display case - 18½ x 47in. (47 x 119.5cm.)
Undoubtedly the most famous pleasure yacht of her day, the Nahlin also achieved a degree of celebrity, some would say notoriety, after she was chartered for a summer cruise in 1936 by King Edward VIII, amongst whose guests was his companion, Mrs Wallis Simpson
Designed by G.L. Watson & Co. and built by John Brown at Glasgow in 1930, Nahlin had been ordered the previous year by Lady Henrietta Yule, the immensely wealthy widow of the business tycoon Sir David Yule who had died in 1928 leaving a fortune estimated at £20 million. Registered at 1,392 tons gross (556 net & 1,574 Thames), Nahlin measured 296 feet in length with a 36 foot beam and was powered by four of John Brown's own steam turbines to give her a cruising speed of 17½ knots. Described as "the most beautiful yacht in the world and the most seaworthy", Watson's brief had been to design a yacht to enable Lady Yule to "visit every part of the globe she desired" and the finished vessel fulfilled every expectation. Indeed, her appointments were so lavish that it was rumoured she cost £250,000 and her dimensions have rarely been surpassed, even by the most ultra-modern of luxury craft
After four years of extensive cruising, Lady Yule felt she had seen everything she wished to and, rather surprisingly, placed the yacht out to charter. In the late summer of 1936, the new - though as yet uncrowned - King Edward VIII decided to hire her for a cruise around the eastern Mediterranean with a party of special friends, including the American divorcee Mrs Wallis Simpson, who was already occupying a prominent place in the King's life. The resulting photographic coverage of the carefree couple on holiday was inevitably published in the British press and it has been said that the 'Abdication Crisis' of December 1936 probably started to gather momentum as a result of this public exposure of the King's liaison. The notoriety of this cruise brought Nahlin to the attention of King Carol II of Roumania who, in the summer of 1937, purchased her for £120,000. Renamed Lucearful ("Morning Star"), she was modified to suit the King's taste and acted as the Roumanian royal yacht until he was forced into exile in Spain when his country was occupied by German troops soon after the start of World War II
The subsequent history of Nahlin is tortuous in the extreme yet somehow she survived not only the War and its Communist aftermath but also obsolescence and decay. Once again bearing her original name, after numerous changes over the past fifty years, she completed a reputed £25 million restoration in 2010 which saw her steam turbines replaced with diesel, but otherwise retaining her fine lines, and she is now one of just three surviving large steam yachts from this elegant age
This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road
£4000-6000
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A BOARDROOM-STYLE MODEL FOR THE M.Y. Beatriz of Bolivia, originally built for a. patino by Camper & Nicholson, 1963
by Martin R. Harrop, Model Shipwright, with laminated and carved hull with bilge keels and planes, prop shafts, rudder and port holes, wood-capped bulwarks and deck rails, planked decks with fittings, glazed superstructure and bridge with comms over, two fitted launches with davit and other details, mounted within brass bound glazed case with brass maker's label, overall measurements - 16½ x 38 x 13½in. (42 x 96.5 x 34.5cm.)
This 191 ton yacht is believed to be still extant and was available for charter after a "50%" refit in the mid-1980s; During the winter of 1967-8 she was chartered by the "super-celebrities" Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor whilst their own yacht Kalizma was being refitted. Moored near Tower Bridge, they were able to evade strict British quarantine laws for their pet dogs who remained aboard for the duration without setting a paw on the mainland, whilst Burton was filming sequences for Where Eagles Dare
This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road
£1000-1500
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A WELL PRESENTED PICTURE DIORAMA OF A STEAM YACHT REGATTA, CIRCA 1910
with ten carved and painted models of assorted steam yachts in white or black livery, each spouting cotton wool 'smoke' from their funnels and sporting white ensigns with tri-colour pennants, waterline mounted on a carved and painted sea and contained in case with painted 'sky' back and angled side mirrors - 13½ x 28¾ x 10½in. (34 x 73 x 26.5cm.)
£500-800
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A FINE HISTORICAL ROWING DIORAMA, PUTNEY, CIRCA 1866
with well carved and detailed models of two competing oarsmen crossing the line with spectators crowded on a following paddle steamer named RIGHT, a cutter and other rowing vessels, set on a carved and painted river within glazed case with finely painted background of Putney bridge and the bank with further spectators, with banner over reading ROBT. CHAMBERS WINNER OF 100 RACES. ON NOV-22-1866-BEAT JOSEPH SADLER, OF PUTNEY FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP., framed and glazed for wall hanging. Measurements overall - 18½ x 34½in. (47 x 87.5cm.)
Chambers won the world professional sculling championship in 1866 beating Sadler in a time of 25 minutes and 4 seconds over the Putney to Mortlake course
£1500-2500
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A QUANTITY OF 1:1250 SCALE WATERLINE MODELS BY BASSETT LOWKE
comprising vessels from mixed lines including Greenore, Waipori, Beaverburn, Esperance Bay, Huntsman, City of Agra and Reina Victoria Eugenie; together with Norddeutscher Lloyd Line liners Bremen and Columbus; and seven similar models of cross Channel ferries by R. Carpenter: Maid of Kent, Caledonia Princess, Caesarea, Cambridge Ferry, Pride of Dover, St George and St Edmond, all loosely taped to blue painted base with plexiglass cover
(17 in three cases)
£700-900
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A QUANTITY OF 1:1250 SCALE WATERLINE MODELS BY BASSETT LOWKE
comprising P&O cargo/passenger ships: Macedonia, Narkunda, Naldera, Mooltan, Maloja, Ranchi and Viceroy of India, copy notes from first line, each model labelled as appropriate and loosely taped to blue wooden display base with plexiglass cover and legend to front
(7 in one case)
£800-1200
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A QUANTITY OF 1:1250 SCALE WATERLINE MODELS BY BASSETT LOWKE
the Canadian Pacific vessels: Duchess of Bedford, Duchess of Atholl, Conte Birncamand, Empress of Australia, Empress of Japan, Empress of Britain, Empress of Canada, Marquis of Asia, Empress of Scotland (1926), Empress of Scotland (1921), Montcalm, Montclare and Duchess of York, each model labelled as appropriate and loosely taped to blue wooden display base with plexiglass cover and legend to front
(13 in two cases)
£600-800
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A FINE BUILDER'S HALF BLOCK MODEL FOR THE IRON HULLED WOOL CLIPPER MERMERUS, BUILT FOR A. & J.H. CARMICHAEL'S GOLDEN FLEECE LINE, GREENOCK, BY BARCLAY, CURLE & CO., GLASGOW, 1872
carved from ¾in. laminated yellow pine with ebonised topside stencilled No.224, simulated gun ports, finely carved scrolled stern, head and figurehead decoration, lined boxwood fore and poop decks, mahogany main deck with cut-away masts and bow sprit, mounted on mahogany display board with suspension hooks - 13 x 74½in. (33 x 189cm.) overall
Considered a remarkably fine vessel with excellent sailing properties and beautiful lines, she was deemed worthy enough for inclusion in Basil Lubbocks' Romance of the Clipper Ships published in 1930 and was even used by his collaborator Jack Spurling for the frontispiece. Registered at 1750 tons gross, she measured 264.2 feet long with a 39.8 feet beam and depth of 23.7 feet. Given an exceptionally high rig, her three masts carried 35,000 yards of sail - about 3300 more than the four-masted County of Peebles built by the same yard. Over fifty feet longer than Cutty Sark, she was proportionally slim and a crack sailer when given her legs recording crossings from Gravesend to Melbourne of 66 days in 1876 and 71 days from Melbourne to the Lizard in 1872. In 1898 she was sold on and by 1900 was in the possession of Robert Mattsson of Mariehamn. On the 8th December 1909 Mermerus left Fredrikshald bound for Melbourne with a cargo of timber when, three days later, she ran aground off Ranö, 12 nautical miles from Kristiansand in dense fog. During efforts to refloat her she lost her foremast and, when finally freed, it was only her cargo which kept her afloat. Uneconomic to repair, she was sold in 1910 for breaking. Her house flag from the Golden Fleece Line is preserved in the Royal Museum, Greenwich, object number AAA1000.
This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road
£2500-4000
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A HALF BLOCK BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE PASSENGER CARGO SHIP MENDOZA BUILT FOR Hamburg-Sudamerikanische Dampfs.Ges. BY Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik HAMBURG, 1894
the carved and laminated hull with painted red and black topsails, pierced for portholes, varnished decks with lined cabin, cutaway mast and funnel and lined superstructure, mounted on a white edged wooden display board with brass builder's plates, overall measurements - 17 x 79in. (43 x 201cm.)
A large vessel of nearly 4,000 tons, she was wrecked off Punta Mogotes, Patagonia on 10th July, 1914
This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road
£600-800
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AN ATTRACTIVE MIRROR-BACKED BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE RAM-BOWED 20-KNOT STEAM YACHT SCUD, BUILT FOR A.H.E. WOOD, ESQ. BY JOHN SAMUEL WHITE, EAST COWES, 1896
the laminated and carved hull, propeller shaft with bracket and silvered propeller, painted 'rope work' gunnel, enclosed foredeck with silvered fittings including anchor, chain, davit, capstan, searchlight, painted deck with silvered signalling telegraph, funnel with safety valve extension pipe and whistle, coal shute covers, ventilators, engine room lights, open bridge area with helm, rigged lifeboat davits, telegraphs and binnacle, panelled main saloon with glazed lights and grab rails, named life buoys and emergency stern controls, mounted on a later mirror with angled end mirrors within original glazed case with wooden builder's plate and label to back for entry as an exhibit at the Imperial Institute Exhibition of 1897. Overall measurements - 15 x 58½in. (38 x 148.5cm.)
Built on the lines of a naval torpedo boat, this yacht was essentially designed for speed and compares closely with the famous Turbinia which must have stolen her thunder when she was unleashed at the 1897 Spithead Review just a year after Scud was launched. That may account for why Mr Wood sold her in 1898 to W.C.S. Connall who in turn sold her in 1902 to His Highness Thakur Sahib of Morvi (India) who still owned her when she was wrecked in 1909
£3500-4500
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A FINE BUILDER'S MIRROR-BACKED HALF MODEL FOR THE TANKER S.S. LUMINA, BUILT BY SIR JAMES LAING & SONS, LTD, FOR THE LUMINA SS CO., 1915
the laminated and carved hull finished in pink and black with lowered companionway, white lined decks and superstructure with gold-plated and painted metal fittings as appropriate, two covered boats rigged in davits, cut-away funnel and masts, mounted on a finely-preserved front-silvered mirror with angled bow and stern mirrors within original glazed wooden case with ivorine builder's plate. Overall measurements - 21 x 92in. (53.5 x 234cm.)
Launched in May and completed on 15th August 1915, the S.S. Lumina was a large vessel exceeding over 6,200 tons. Sadly her life was to be an exceedingly short one when she was cornered barely ten weeks later on the 6th November 1915 by U-35 on passage to Malta with oil and sunk by gunfire - there were no casualties though. Her replacement and namesake was launched a year later to the day by Palmers of Jarrow and lasted until 1935.
£2000-3000
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A GOOD MIRROR-BACKED HALF MODEL FOR THE CARGO SHIP S.S. RIVER LUGAR, BUILT BY LITHGOWS LTD FOR CAMPBELL BROTHERS & CO., 1937
the laminated and carved hull finished in two-tone pink and black with lowered companionway, lined and lacquered boxwood decks and superstructure, gold-plated metal fittings as appropriate, fitted open lifeboat with oars rigged in davits, liveried funnel and cut-away masts, mounted on front-silvered mirror with angled bow and stern mirrors within original glazed wooden case with ivorine makers plate, finials and later presentation plate to front. Overall measurements - 14½ x 72in. (37 x 183cm.)
A large vessel of over 5,400 tons, the River Lugar (named for a Scottish river) was a typical general purpose cargo ship and was steaming in convoy SL-78 about 200 miles off the Azores in iron ore. At 01.49 on the 27th June 1941, U-69 (which had already made one attack) fired a torpedo which hit River Lugar amidships. Almost instantly she broke in two and sank within seconds taking thirty seven of her complement of forty-four with her, including her Master, William Frame and two passengers. Six survivors were plucked from the freezing waters by H.M.S. Burdock
£3000-4000
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A BOARDROOM MODEL FOR THE CARGO SHIPS M.V. DONNINGTON AND DALLINGTON, BUILT BY VEROLME, HOLLAND, 1975
by Unterweser Modellbau, Bremen, the laminated and carved hull with Plimsoll line, bilge keels, bulbous bow and gilt propeller, green painted fore and aft decks with metal fittings as appropriate, covered hatches, white painted superstructure with bridge, gilt binnacle over, covered lifeboats in davits, comms mast, companionways, funnel and other fittings, mounted on wooden display board with maker's label and builder's plate with glazed cover. Overall measurements - 18 x 61 x 13½in. (45.5 x 155 x 34cm.)
Donnington became the Sider Genova in 2007 and the Zehra VIII in 2011 and was broken up in February 2013; Dallington became the Lena Kileva in 2010 and was broken up in September 2015.
This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road
£800-1200
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A BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE PASSENGER/CARGO SHIPS S.S. SURINAME AND SARAMACCA, BUILT BY THE NEDERLANDSCHE SCHEEPSBOUW MAATIJ, AMSTERDAM, FOR THE KONINKLIJKE WEST INDISCHE MAILDIENST, 1908
the carved hull finished in red, pink and grey, lined white decks with painted fittings, lacquered hatch covers, awning stanchions overall, four lifeboats in davits, masts and rigging (some loose rigging and wear to hull paint), mounted on a plush-lined board with maker's plate and glazed case (later). Overall measurements - 30 x 93½ x 16in. (76 x 97.5 x 40.5cm.)
Suriname and Saramacca were an almost identical pair of single-screw passenger-cargo steamers built by Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij at Amsterdam in 1908. Ordered for the West Indian services of the Royal Netherlands Steamship Company, Suriname was registered at 3,275 tons gross (2,103 net) and Saramacca slightly more at 3,284 tons gross (2,110 net). Each vessel measured 336½ feet in length with a 42 foot beam and was powered by a triple-expansion 3-cylinder engine capable of 13 knots. After five years in service, both ships were sold to the British-owned Tropical Fruit Company in 1913 and re-registered in Belize. Both survived the Great War and, in the early 1920s, passed into American ownership as part of the fleet of United Fruit of New York. Still trading in the mid-1930s, neither ship is listed by 1939 suggesting both had been scrapped during the shipping slump which preceded World War II
This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road
£4000-6000
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A VERY FINE SHIP BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE PASSENGER/CARGO SHIP S.S. FAIR HEAD (EX-ABOYNE), BUILT BY THE CALEDON SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING CO., DUNDEE, 1937 AND RE-FITTED FOR THE ULSTER STEAMSHIP CO. LTD'S HEAD LINE CIRCA 1947
the laminated and carved hull complete with Plimsoll marks, portholes, four-blade propeller and rudder, painted and lined boxwood decks with silvered fittings and superstructure as appropriate, stayed funnel with company emblem, fitted bridge with binnacle over, masts with radio aerials to radio shack and much other fine detailing, mounted on four silvered columns within original case with up-dated plates set fore and aft, on original table stand. Measurements including stand - 69 x 75½ x 20in. (175.5 x 192 x 51cm.)
Provenance: Head Line to retired director.
Originally built for the Aberdeen, Newcastle & Hull SS Co. and named Aboyne, she was briefly named Arklow when held by a broker in 1946 and then bought by the Ulster SS Co. in 1947. In line with their policy of naming their fleet after Irish Headlands, named her Fair Head and had this builder's model carefully up-dated with the new name and distinctive funnel emblem of the Red Hand of Ulster (albeit a left-hand version, and not the usual right-hand version). In 1948 the ship was converted to oil and the funnel changed to the shorter type required, but the model was left alone and remains in her original configuration. Sold on again in 1954, she was under Greek colours when, in June 1963 she was on passage from Galatz to Liverpool with a cargo of timber when she caught fire, was beached near Scalambri (Sicily) and burned out.
This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road
£6000-8000
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A FINE BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE S.S. ASHLEIGH, BUILT FOR THE TATEM STEAM NAVIGATION CO. BY ROPNER & SONS LTD OF STOCKTON, 1917
The laminated carved hull with bilge keels, Plimsoll lines, propeller and rudder with depth markers, lined lacquered and painted decks with covered hatches, detailed silver plated fittings including oxidised anchors with studded chain and winches, deck rails, bollards, hose reels, companionways, rigged derricks with winches, superstructure with binnacle over, covered lifeboats with names rigged in davits, ventilators, stayed funnel with company logo and hooter, engine room lights, steering chains, quick-firing gun on platform, emergency steering gear with double helm and much other fine detail, mounted on oxidised brass column within original glazed case with shaped ivorine builder's plates. Overall measurements - 24 x 64 x 16in. (61 x 162.5 x 40.5cm.)
A large vessel of nearly 7000 tons, the S.S. Ashleigh was launched on the 7th May 1917 but was cornered a mere ten weeks later on 23rd July by submarine U-54 when on passage from Newport, South Wales to Port Said carrying coal. Despite being lightly armed, she was sent to the bottom 290 nautical miles southwest of Fastnet Rock, but her crew survived
This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road
£7000-9000
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