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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art | |||
| Auctioneer: | Charles Miller | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0) 207 806 5530 | ||
| Date: | 6th November 2018 | Time: | 11:00AM |
| Details: | Public Exhibition Saturday 3rd November 12pm-5pm Sunday 4th November 12pm-5pm Monday 5th November 10am -5pm Tuesday 6th November 10am-11am (Limited View Only) |
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| Auction Lots - Page 7 | |||
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| A BUILDER'S HALF-BLOCK MODEL FOR THE RHINE BARGE HAMELN NO. 30, BY SCHIFFSWERFT ÜBIGAU, DRESDEN, 1905 carved from the solid and finished with an ebonised waterline, brown topsides with plimsoll marks and covered hatches, forward accommodation compartment with deck light, mounted on framed oak display board with engraved brass builder's plate - 15 x 60in. (38 x 152.5cm.) £500-£800 |
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| A BUILDER'S HALF-BLOCK MODEL FOR THE BARGE BEDALE, CIRCA 1890 the laminated hull carved in contrasting woods, with blue boot top, covered hatches and cutaway towing masks, mounted on an oak display inscribed Bedale Regd. Liverpool 1890 Off. No. 166249 - 8½ x 36in.(21.5 x 91.5cm.) £200-£300 |
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| A SMALL 1:250 SCALE BOARDROOM MODEL OF THE CLYDE ORE, BUILT FOR ORE CARRIERS OF LIBERIA BY SCHLIEKER, HAMBURG, 1960 by Feinmechanischer Modellbau, Hamburg, the carved hull with silvered five-blade propeller, corporate emblem to bow, lowered companionway, red painted decks with lined superstructure, liveried funnel and detailed silvered fittings as appropriate, mounted on two silvered supports to wooden display base with maker's plate and plate glass cover. Overall measurements - 11¾ x 31¼ x 6¾in. (30 x 79.5 x 17cm.) £800-£1,200 This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road |
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| A 1:100 SCALE BOARDROOM MODEL OF THE CARGO SHIP ARKLOW SAND BUILT FOR ARKLOW SHIPPING, IRELAND, BY BARKMEIJER STROOBOS, HOLLAND, 1998 the carved wooden hull with five-bladed metal propeller, bilge keels, bow thrusters, Plimsoll marks, rudder and anchor, finished in Irish green above the waterline with green painted decks and hold covers, white painted superstructure with fittings as appropriate and mounted on four spun aluminium supports to wooden display base with brass builder's plate and plexiglass cover. Overall measurements - 14¾ x 40½ x 9in. (37.5 x 103 x 23cm.); together with a 12 x 23in. (30.5 x 58.5cm.) oil painting of Arklow Sand underway signed Stewart Joyce 17. (2) £400-£600 This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road |
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| A SMALL BOARDROOM MODEL OF THE M.T. STOLT SAPPHIRE, BUILT FOR STOLT TANKERS BY DAEWOO, OKPO, 1986 the carved wooden hull with corporate and Plimsoll markings, fully fitted with painted metal pipework and superstructure as appropriate and mounted on brass supports to wooden display base with builder's plate and presentation plaque to Woodhouse Drake & Carley Ltd, 1989, and plexiglass cover - 11½ x 28½ x 9½in. (29 x 72.5 x 24cm.) £400-£600 This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road |
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| AN AUSTIN & PICKERSGILL LTD PROMOTIONAL MODEL FOR THEIR TYPE SD 22 BULK CARRIER, CIRCA 1982 by Central Design and Model Services, Newcastle, the carved hull with brass propeller and rudder depicted fully loaded with coloured containers, central loading masts and aft superstructure fitted as appropriate with comms mast, liveried funnel, lifeboats in davits etc., mounted on four gilt brass supports to display base with specification and loading plate and maker's plate, with metal bound glazed cover. Overall measurements - 25½ x 73½ x 20in. (65 x 187 x 51cm.) £1,000-£1,500 This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road |
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| A TRAVEL AGENT'S WATERLINE MODEL FOR THE PASSENGER CARGO SHIP M.V. AKAROA, ORIGINALLY BUILT FOR SHAW SAVILL LINE BY HARLAND & WOLFF, 1959 modelled by Heaton Tabb, London, with painted composite hull with internal light fittings, planked boxwood decks with painted metal fittings including bitts, bollard, winches, companionways, rigged derricks, covered lifeboats on davits, forward superstructure with overbridge, benches, tennis courts, deck rails, swimming pools, etc., mounted on a moulded waterline base with bow and stern plates and maker's label, contained within a glazed wooden case - 16½ x 47½ x 14in. (42 x 121 x 36cm.) £1,000-£1,500 This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road |
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| 321 | |||
| AN INTERESTING 1:44 SCALE LONGITUDINAL SECTION MODEL OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR BLOCKADE RUNNER HOPE [1863] modelled from his own researches by J. Longstaff, the bespoke preformed hull with complete port side including decorated fret-worked paddle box with feathering paddles, decorated stern, anchor on davits and other details, the starboard side cutaway to reveal internal arrangements including detailed oscillating engine, bridge with rigged double helm and compass, coal bunkers, partially-filled cargo of cotton bales, chain locker, mast steps, crew accommodation with tables, chairs etc., and planked wooden deck complete with fittings, stayed raked funnels with safety valve extension pipes, fitted long boats in davits, raked masts with standing and running rigging and other details, mounted to wooden display base with brass plates and plexiglass cover. Overall measurements - 12½ x 27¼ x 6¼in. (32 x 69 x 16cm.); together with two volumes of Shipbuilding, Theoretical and Practical published by William Mackenzie, 1866 containing numerous pull-out plans and arrangements for many ships including Hope; a quantity of research £800-£1,200 (A lot) Built by Jones Quiggan of Liverpool and launched in November 1863, Hope was one of the first steel-hulled vessels. Registered at 1,700 tons and at 281ft x 35ft with an 8ft draught, her two-cylinder oscillating engine could develop an impressive 16kts, which her intended career as a blockade runner carrying supplies to the Confederate cause through the ever-tightening Untion stranglehold demanded, over half her internal space was given over to cargo. After several successful trips she was captured by U.S.S. Eolus and re-named Savannah in 1865. The next year she was sold to Spain and was broken up in 1885. |
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| A WELL-PRESENTED 1:85 SCALE MODEL OF THE EXPERIMENTAL CRUISER-COMMERCE RAIDER SUBMARINE H.M.S. X.1 [1923] modelled from his own researches by M. Butler and comprising a carved 48in. hull with brass planes, anchors and propellers, closed torpedo tubes and water inlets, jack staff, deck rails, fire direction, twin guns in casemates, conning tower with raised radio aerial, range finder, snorkel and periscope and other details, mounted on polished brass rests to oak display base with plaque and plexiglass cover. Overall measurements - 17 x 61 x 14in. (43 x 155 x 35.5cm.) £3,000-£4,000 At 363ft long, X1 was, for a time, the largest submarine in the world. Built at Chatham Dockyard and displacing nearly 2800 tons, she could make 19.5kts surfaced and about 9kts submerged using two salvaged German engines from U-126 and two Admiralty designs. Although fitted with six torpedo tubes in her bows, she was intended to tackle her targets using her twin pairs of 5.2in. quick-firing guns mounted in turrets fore and aft of her conning tower. Based on the late WWI German design for submarine cruisers she was laid down in November 1921 but her intended role as a commerce raider was made illegal by the 1922 Treaty of Washington and so she was completed in great secrecy and declared to be a submersible 'cruiser' capable of hunting destroyers. Manned by 100 crew with 11 officers, she was double hulled and her 1in. thick pressure hull had a designed diving depth of 350 feet, but in fact never went below 200 feet. She proved a stable gun platform and handled well, however she was beset by mechanical problems and from the outset and never achieved her full potential. She was laid up in 1933 and finally broken in 1937 - the only R.N. vessel built after World War I to be broken before the onset of World War II. This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road |
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| A 1:65 SCALE MODEL OF THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN PROTECTED CRUISER SVIETLANA [1896] with carved laminated pine hull, planked cherry wood decks with fittings including main and secondary armament, boats in davits, anchors with chains, open bridge, deck rails, emergency bridge with triple helm and other details, mounted on green baize display base with wood-bound plexi-glass cover with plate. Overall measurements - 26½ x 60 x 12in. (67 x 152.5 x 30.5cm.) £1,000-£1,500 Built in France by Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, although technically a protected cruiser, her armour was replaced with luxurious fittings and she was used as a Royal Yacht for Grand Duke Alexei Romanov (younger brother of Tsar Alexander III) for state functions. When the Russo-Japanese War flared up in 1904-5 he volunteered her to reinforce the Russian Pacific Fleet being assembled to steam half way around the world. Massively overloaded with supplies and coal and fitted with wireless and Hotchkiss guns, she lead a squadron at the Battle of Tsushima. Out-gunned and out-classed, they fell back and then tried to flee. Svietlana, who had been damaged, was caught off the island of Ulleungdo early the next morning and fought until her engines were damaged and she was ablaze. Her officers scuttled her rather than surrender and she went down with colours flying, her survivors being saved by the Japanese cruiser America Maru. This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road |
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| A QUANTITY OF TRI-ANG WATERLINE 1:1250 ROYAL NAVAL MODELS including H.M.S. Vanguard, three aircraft carriers: Bulwark,Centurion and Albion, three battlecruisers; 16 destroyers, six submarines, nine fast boats, two tugs and a light ship, together with a quantity of quays, warehouses, fuel dumps etc., contained in an associated hinged wooden box (a lot) £250-£350 |
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| A 16FT:1IN. SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE DESTROYER FLOTILLA LEADER H.M.S. SWIFT [1907] modelled by E. Dyke with carved and painted hull, grey decks with fittings, main and secondary armament, torpedo tubes, stayed funnels and other details, mounted in a blue sea with plexiglass cover. Overall measurements - 8 x 26 x 8in. (20 x 66 x 20cm.) £300-£500 Built by Cammell Laird and displacing 2170 tons, Swift was capable of an impressive 35kts and had a complement of 126. Initially deployed as leader of the Fourth Torpedo Boat Flotilla based at Scapa Flow, she struggled with the violent seas and, after rescuing the pitifully few survivors from the torpedoed cruiser Hawke, was re-assigned to the Dover Patrol. On the night of 20–21 April 1917, while commanded by Ambrose Peck and accompanying the destroyer Broke, she engaged a force of six enemy destroyers in what became known as the Battle of Dover Straight. In the ensuing melée she hit G85 with a torpedo whilst Broke rammed G42. The remaining German ships fled with Swift in hot pursuit but after several hits she was compelled to slow and returned to assist Broke and rescue survivors of G42. |
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| A 16FT:1IN SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE 'N' CLASS DESTROYER H.M.S. NEPAL [1941] modelled by E. Dyke with carved and painted hull, grey decks with detailed fittings as appropriate, main and secondary armament, superstructure with comms masts, mounted at anchor in a green sea with plexiglass cover - 7 x 26 x 8in. (18 x 66 x 20cm.) £400-£600 Initially Nepal served with the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow and whilst there was immortalised as the fictional Torrin in Nöel Coward's In Which We Serve. Thereafter she had a busy war serving with several fleets, was decommissioned in 1945 and broken at Wards in 1956. |
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| A 16FT:1IN SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE CABLE & WIRELESS CABLE REPAIR SHIP EDWARD WILSHAW [1949] modelled by E. Dyke with carved and painted hull, green fore and yellow main decks with fittings and superstructure as appropriate and depicted on a green sea base winding a cable, under plexiglass cover - 7 x 26 x 8in. (18 x 66 x 20cm.) £250-£350 Built by Swan, Hunter & Richardson and named after Edward Wilshaw, Chairman (later President) of the Eastern Telegraph Company. After serving from bases including Mombasa, Gibraltar and Australia, she was broken up in 1979. |
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| A 16FT:1IN. SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE RIVER CLASS FRIGATE H.M.S. CHELMER [1943] modelled by E. Dyke with carved and painted hull, green decks with fittings, main and secondary armament, hedgehogs and detailed superstructure as appropriate, mounted on a green sea base with loose plexiglass cover. Overall measurements - 9 x 26 x 10in. (23 x 66 x 25.5cm.) £300-£400 Built by George Brown and launched on 27th March, 1943, Chelmer was broken up in 1957. |
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| A 16FT:1IN SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE 'LEANDER' CLASS FRIGATE H.M.S. PENELOPE F127, CIRCA 1963 modelled by Julian B. Glossop with carved hull plated with paper and finished with gesso and painted details including anchors and depth scales, dark grey decks with deck rails, anchor chains in hawse pipes with winches, wash deflectors, main and secondary armament including mortars, twin 4.5in. and 40mm guns, superstructure with carved fittings including bridge, fire direction, comms tower, search lights, life rafts, fitted launch and whaler, radar, Wasp helicopter, paravanes and other details, mounted on a painted blue base with printed details plate and brass builder's plate, within glazed wooden case - 12 x 33½ x 11in. (30.5 x 85 x 28cm.) £2,000-£3,000 Julian Glossop studied under Norman Ough; Latterly his firm established a long association as model makers to the Admiralty. This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road |
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| A DETAILED WATERLINE RECRUITING OFFICE MODEL OF THE SALVAGE AND RESCUE VESSEL R.M.A.S. SALMOOR BUILT FOR THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT BY HALL, RUSSELL & CO, ABERDEEN, 1985 by John Glossop Models, the carved hull paper plated and painted with designation number 'A185', grey painted decks with yellow superstructure and fittings including massive universal derrick with glazed cab, glazed bridge with comms towers over, fitted motor launch in davits, quick-release life raft cannisters and much other fine detail, set in a moulded painted seascape with maker's plate to edges within plexiglass cover. Overall measurements - 14 x 43 x 19in. (36 x 109 x 48cm.); together with a small waterline model of the tug Joan by John Glossop, within plexiglass case with plate - 7 x 15 x 9in. (18 x 38 x 23cm.) (2) £800-£1,200 One of three 'Sal Class' vessels, Salmoor displaced 2,200 tonnes, measured 252 x 49 x 13ft, had a complement of 19 and her diesel engines could produce 15 knots. Her duties included the laying and maintenance of underwater targets, navigation marks and moorings. Based at Great Harbour, Greenock for use at the Clyde Naval Base, she was run by the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service until 2008 when she was transferred to Serco Marine Services and has been retired since 2013. This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road |
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| A FINELY DETAILED 1:32 SCALE LONGITUDINAL SECTION MODEL OF H.M. SUBMARINE SATYR P214 [1942] modelled by J. Longstaff from his own researches with bespoke pre-formed hull cut-away on the starboard side revealing a closely observed fully-fitted interior including torpedo tubes, heads, batteries, torpedo racks, crew accommodation and mess, ammunition magazine, galley, ward room, battery, control room, wireless shack, diesel engines, electric motors, switchboard, stokers' accommodation and other details, the hull complete with hydroplanes, hatches, 3in. gun, conning tower with periscopes, radar, jump wire, twin propellers on shafts etc., mounted on two brass columns to wooden display base with brass plates and plexiglass cover. Overall measurements - 8 x 25 x 5½in. (20 x 63.5 x 14cm.); Research; Silver Model certificate £600-£800 Built by Scotts of Greenock and commissioned in February 1943, Satyr served in home waters but has the rare distinction of sinking another submarine whilst submerged. U-987 was nineteen days out of Narvik on her first mission of the War when, on the 15th June 1944, she was spotted by Satyr and sunk with torpedoes. Later that year Satyr was stripped of her armament and fitted with long-range batteries and used as a high speed target submarine. Surviving the War, she was loaned to the French navy between 1952 and 1961 and broken at Fife in 1962 after twenty years' service. |
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| A BUILDER'S CONVERSION MODEL FOR A MARK I DUMB BARGE BY W. BADGER, SMITHFIELD, LONDON, CIRCA 1943/44, PROBABLY FOR TRANSPORTING MUNITIONS DURING THE D-DAY LANDINGS constructed in ebonised pine, stencilled CC132 each side, scored foredeck, fitted with bitts, bilge pumps and awning posts, the ribbed interior finished in cream, with planked deck, wood and brass ramps and ivorine maker's label inscribed Made by W. Badger, Ship Repairer, 48 East Smithfield E1, contained within original box with diagonally cut, swivel opening lid - model: 3½ x 29in. (8 x 74cm.) ramp extended £800-£1,200 |
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| A SMALL MODEL OF THE U-250 [1943] modelled by G. Cheikhet with carved and painted hull, mounted on ebonised block to display base with plate and Plexiglass cover - 4¼ x 10¼in. (11 x 26cm.) £80-£120 U-250's only combat sortie began with her departure from Zoppot (Gulf of Finland) on 26 July 1944 when she sank the Soviet submarine chaser M-105 on 30th July. This sinking resulted in a concerted response on the part of the Soviets to avenge their loss and M-103 dropped a pattern of depth charges which forced the submarine to surface before sinking in 27m of water. The Soviets raised the submarine and harvested a vast amount of intelligence including two Enigma machines before she was repaired and briefly commissioned as TS-14 before being broken up, probably in late 1945. |
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| A HALF-BLOCK BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE DRIFTER ROSE, BY ALEXANDER HALL & CO., GLASGOW, CIRCA 1900 carved from the solid and finished with ebonsied topsides, rudder and propeller shaft and mounted on an oak display board with builder's details - 10½ x 45in. (27 x 114cm.) £1,000-£1,500 |
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| A HALF-BLOCK BUILDER'S MODEL FOR A CLYDE PUFFER BY HUGH MCINTYRE & CO., PAISLEY, CIRCA 1890 carved from laminated ½in. wood with ebonised topside with boxwood stringing, plain deck with cutaway mast and funnel, mounted on two-tone display board with ivorine yard number 689 to centre - 7 x 22in. (18 x 56cm.) overall £400-£600 |
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| A HALF-BLOCK BUILDER'S MODEL FOR A COASTER BY YARWOODS OF NORTHWICH, CIRCA 1910 carved from laminated pine with ebonised main secondary wales and lined scuppers, cutaway mast, superstructure and liveried funnel mounted on shaped ebonised display board - 11½ x 33½in. (29 x 85cm.) £300-£500 |
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| A FINE MIRROR-BACK BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE S.S. EZARDIAN BY WILLIAM PICKERSGILL & SONS LTD, SUNDERLAND FOR THE GOOLE & WEST RIDING S.S. CO. LTD, CIRCA 1909 the laminated hull carved and finished with ebonised topsides, brass bilge keel, gilt propeller, lined and lacquered boxwood desk with gilt-plated fittings as appropriate including anchors with studded chains, winches, ventilators, bitts, fairleads, hose drums, companionways, raised covered cargo hatches with red painted sides and buttresses, cutaway masts, open bridge with binnacle, helm, telegraphs, awning stanchions, green starboard lanterns, line to superstructure, lifeboat rigged in davits, cutaway funnel with safety valve extension pipe and much other fine detail, mounted on back-silvered mirror within original display case with angled end mirrors and ivorine builder's plate - 18 x 67in. (46 x 170cm.) £3,000-£5,000 Built by Wm Pickersgill & Sons Ltd, Sunderland in 1909 for the Goole & West Riding Steam Sg Co Ltd, the S.S. Ezardian was, at 875 tons, a relatively small ocean tramp and plied a general trade along the east coast of the UK at a steady 10 1/2 knots. Sold to the Steven Line in 1917, her horizons expanded to European waters and it was off Vlissingen she collided with the Holland-America steamer Zuiderdijk on the 2nd September 1922 whilst carrying steel bars between Antwerp and Stockholm, seven men were lost |
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| A 1:24 SCALE MODEL OF THE PASSENGER/CARGO S.S. EVANDALE, BUILT FOR R. MACKILL & CO, GLASGOW BY CHARLES CONNELL & CO., SCOTSTOUN, 1894 carved from ¾in. laminated pine hollowed behind, ebonised topsides, lined decks and remnant fittings and superstructure (overall wear; missing parts and display board) - 13 x 90in. (33 x 229cm.) File of historical data. (2) £400-£600 This 3775 ton ship became Brabandier (1916); Eleonore (1923) and finally Maria Matilde (1924). On 21st April 1926 she was loading in Genoa harbour when she suddenly capsized and became a total loss. This model was discovered a few years ago in a dovecote about to be demolished and was saved by the vendor who researched her career in depth. This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road |
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| A MIRROR-BACKED BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE S.S WESTWOOD BUILT FOR FURNESS, WITHY & CO. LTD BY SIR RAYLTON DIXON & CO. LTD, 1907 the carved hull with gold plated propeller and anchor, Plimsoll marks and rudder, with lined and lacquered boxwood decks and covered holds, gold plated fittings as appropriate including studded anchor chain, bitts, ventilators, companionways, cutaway masts with derricks and winches, superstructure with open bridge with railings, binnacle, telegraph and helm, covered lifeboats rigged in davits, funnel, engine room lights, emergency helm with named gear cover and other details, mounted on original front-silvered mirror above the water line with angled end mirrors and ivorine builder's plate within glazed wooden case with top glass (top glass cracked, wear to mirror). Overall measurements - 17¼ x 85½ x 9in. (44 x 217 x 23cm.) £1,500-£2,000 A general purpose (and defensively armed) cargo ship of 1968 tons, the Westwood was in passage between Barry and Le Havre when, on the 3rd October 1918, she was spotted about five miles off the Lizard by U-112 which torpedoed and sank her with the loss of one life. |
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| A MIRROR-BACKED BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE COASTER S.S. ENDA BUILT BY THE DUBLIN DOCKYARD COMPANY FOR MICHAEL MURPHY LTD, 1911 the laminated and carved hull with silvered propeller and anchor, lined lacquered wood deck and superstructure with silvered fittings including deck rails, bitts, studded anchor chains, winches, cutaway masts with booms, companionways, open bridge with helm, binnacle and telegraph, stayed funnel, covered boats in davits, stern capstan and other details, mounted on a later back-silvered mirror with angled end mirrors within wooden case with glazed top and builder's plate. Overall measurements - 20¾ x 66 x 9in. (53 x 167.5 x 23cm.) £1,500-£2,000 This 842 ton coaster enjoyed a lengthy career and changed name several times: Anglesey Coast (1929); Norman Queen (1937); and finally Kylecroft (1937) under which name she was finally sold for breaking in 1955. |
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| A HALF-BLOCK BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE IRON SAILING SHIP JAMES CRAIG (EX-CLAN MACLEOD), BUILT FOR T. DUNLOP & SONS BY BARTRAM & HASWELL, SUNDERLAND, 1874 carved from 1in. laminated yellow pine with ebonised topsides, boxwood stringing, finely carved female figurehead, cut-away bowsprit and masts, scored decks with lined deck housing as appropriate, mounted on blue-green painted display board with engraved brass builder's plate lower right (old wear, missing components) - 12 x 54¾in. (30.5 x 139cm.) overall £3,000-£5,000 An iron framed ship of 671 gross tons, the Clan Macleod was a typical barque-rigged cargo ship of her day and served with the Dunlop fleet from her launch until 1883 when sold to Sir Roderick Cameron who in turn sold her to Mr J.J. Craig of Auckland, New Zealand in 1899. He re-named her after himself in 1905 and sold her on in 1911. She continued plying an ever dwindling trade, becoming ever more uneconomic against steam propulsion and, in 1932 her last owner, the Catamaran Coal Mining Company (who had used her as a collier), gave up and abandoned her as a beached hulk at Recherche Bay, Tasmania. It seems her iron frames withstood the next forty years tolerably well as, in 1972, she was purchased by a trust and restored to her former glory. She now sails regularly from her home port of Sydney, Australia, as one of only four preserved square-rigged 'tall ships' built in the 19th Century fully 144 years since her launch in Sunderland. |
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| AN ATTRACTIVE HALF-BLOCK BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE IRON PASSENGER PADDLE STEAMER GIRONDE ET GARONNE, BUILT FOR CIE MARITIME GIRONDE ET GARONNE, BORDEAUX BY HUGH MCINTYRE & CO., PAISLEY, 1880 carved from ¼in. laminated yellow pine with ebonised topsides, lined paddle box inscribed GIRONDE ET GARRONNE No.2, cut-away raked twin funnels and mast, mounted on a contrasting wood waterline display board with ivorine yard number '59' to centre - 9 x 59in. (23 x 150cm.) £1,000-£1,500 A passenger ferry of 237 tons measuring 203.2ft with a 20.5 breadth and draft of 8.4ft, her engines were built by Hutson & Corbett of Glasgow and could develop a healthly 90bhp. She served on the eponymous rivers her name suggests, but no record of her fate has been found to date. |
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| A FINE BUILDER'S DISPLAY MODEL OF THE ROYAL MAIL LINE TURBINE STEAMER ANDES, BUILT BY HARLAND & WOLFF LTD, BELFAST, AND MODELLED BY BASSETT-LOWKE, NORTHAMPTON, 1938 the carved hull with glazed brass port holes and lowered companionways, scored decks with wood and metal fittings as appropriate including anchors with studded chains, winches, capstans, fairleads, bollards, deck rails, ventilators, hatches, superstructure with wheel house and over-bridge with binnacle, DF aerial, range finder, passenger accommodation, deck lights, stayed funnel with ladder and hooter, engine room lights, two swimming pools, tables, tables, chairs, aft steering with helm, fourteen lifeboats in davits and other details, mounted on moulded and painted sea base with builder's plates (rigging restored, cover missing), overall measurements - 29 x 91½ x 19½in. (74 x 232.5 x 49.5cm.) £3,000-£5,000 Andes displaced 25,689 tons gross, measured 669 feet in length with an 83½ feet beam, and was powered by her builder's own steam turbines driving twin screws to give her a maximum speed of 12 knots. Designed as a prestigious addition to the company's South American fleet, she had accommodation for 403 First and 204 Second Class passengers catered for by a crew of 451. Her maiden voyage was scheduled for 26 September 1939 to coincide with the company's centenary but the outbreak of War caused these plans to be abandoned and she was instead requisitioned for conversion into a troopship. With berths for 4,096 men, she made her first trooping voyage in December 1939 and was employed thus throughout the War. In May 1945 she took the Norwegian government-in-exile home to Oslo but was soon afterwards released from her wartime duties and extensively reconditioned by her builders for peacetime service. With altered accommodation, she commenced her commercial sailings in January 1948, making her passage from Southampton to Buenos Aires in 18 days, and thereafter settled into a regular routine which lasted 11 years. By 1959, passenger traffic had declined to the extent that she was rebuilt as a cruise liner and this final role lasted until 1971 when she was sold to Dutch ship breakers for £300,000. In a career lasting thirty-two years she had steamed 2¾million miles, and had proved herself a worthy vessel to carry the Royal Mail Line's colours almost to the end of its existence as one of the world's premier shipping lines. Provenance: This model was recently re-discovered during renovation work at The Royal Alexandra & Albert School, Reigate, when a long-locked storeroom was emptied and this model was found hidden at the back. No record of the model's existence at the school has been discovered. This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road |
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| A BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE S.S. CYANUS, BUILT BY EDWARD WITHY & CO, HARTLEPOOL FOR STEEL YOUNG & CO., LONDON, 1880 the laminated yellow pine hull lacquered below the waterline and ebonised over, with lined decks and superstructure, metal and wood fittings including deck rails, anchors with davits and winches, companionways, covered hatches, ship rigged masts with yards, spanker boom and derricks, open bridge with helm and binnacle, ventilators, stayed funnel with livery, open boxwood lifeboats in davits, deck house with water buckets, emergency helm and other details, mounted on twin brass supports to display base with inset silvered builder's plate and contained within original glazed display case with later plaque to front. Overall measurements - 21 x 47 x 14in. (53.5 x 119.5 x 35.5cm.) £4,000-£6,000 See illustration on section title page The Cyanus was the first iron ship built in Hartlepool. Registered at 1,635 tons, she measured 265 x 34.4 x 16.6ft and was powered by a two cylinder compound engine made locally by T. Richardson. In 1893 she was bought by Ferguson & Reid of Glasgow. On the 9th February 1897 she was en-route from Bilbao carrying iron ore when, at 10pm, she struck some rocks near Ile de Sein, Ushant in thick fog and foundered so quickly none of the boats could be launched. Twenty of her crew were drowned with a single survivor - the lookout, one Laurence Nicholson - found by local fishermen clinging to an upturned boat at 9am the following day. This model remains in fine and original condition and is interesting for having the transitional sail-steam fully rigged masts with yards and spanker booms, at over 1,600 tons it would require a stiff breeze to enable her to make much headway and they were really there to give confidence to the crew and handful of passengers she may have carried. This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road |
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| A FINE BUILDER'S MODEL OF THE M.V. BONNINGTON COURT, BUILT BY R. DUNCAN & CO., GLASGOW FOR THE COURT LINE, 1929 the laminated carved hull finished in red and pink with ebonised top sides with silvered propeller and lowered companionway, lacquered boxwood decks and superstructure with lining, silver plated fittings including deck rails, anchors with chains and winches, awning stanchions, companionways, bitts, bollards, white painted masts and derricks rigged with blocks, enclosed bridge with fitted over bridge and wings with lamps, fitted boats in davits, stayed funnel, engine room lights, covered holds, exposed rudder-head quadrant and steering chains, and other details, mounted on oxidised brass supports to plush-line display base with ivorine builder's plate within original glazed wooden case. Overall measurements - 20 x 60 x 15½in. (51 x 152.5 x 39.5cm.) £5,000-£8,000 Registered at 4,909 tons and 405½ x 55½ x 25¾ft, Bonnington Court was a large merchantman for her day and and early adopter of oil instead of coal. On the 19th January 1941 she was between Harwich and the Tyne with a general mixed cargo when she was caught by the Luftwaffe whose bombs set her ablaze before she sank with the loss of two crew. This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road END OF SALENEXT SALE 30th April 2019,entries currently being invited, closing 1st March 2019 |
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| Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art | |||
| Auctioneer: | Charles Miller | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0) 207 806 5530 | ||
| Date: | 6th November 2018 | Time: | 11:00AM |
| Details: | Public Exhibition Saturday 3rd November 12pm-5pm Sunday 4th November 12pm-5pm Monday 5th November 10am -5pm Tuesday 6th November 10am-11am (Limited View Only) |
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