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Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art
Auctioneer: Charles Miller Location: London
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Date: 30th April 2019 Time: 11:00AM
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Click to view full image... JOSEPH HONORÉ MAXIM PELLEGRIN, (ITALIAN, 1793-1869)
Brig 'Eleanor' of Sunderland, Captain William Cockburn entering the port of Marseille Febry 26, 1846
Watercolour
Signed 'J. Pellegrin Marseilles 1846' (lower right)
16 x 22in. (40.5 x 56cm.)
£500-800
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Click to view full image... J.M. VAN BRAAM (DUTCH, 19TH CENTURY)
Gibraltar, circa 1820
Watercolour and gouache
Signed on reverse 'J.M. Van Braam'
10¾ x 24½in. (27.5 x 62cm.)
£400-600
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Click to view full image... CHINESE SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Studies of Junks
Watercolour
Each 13 x 14½in. (33 x 37cm.)
(2, a pair)
£300-500
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Click to view full image... THOMAS BUSH HARDY (BRITISH, 1842-1897)
Deal and Calais fishing boats off Calais
Watercolour heightened with bodycolour
Signed and dated 'T.B. Hardy 1896' (lower right)
11¼ x 24¾in. (28.5 x 63cm.)
£300-500
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Click to view full image... ALFRED HERBERT (BRITISH, 1810-1861)
Pulling in the nets
Watercolour heightened with bodycolour
Signed 'A. Herbert' (lower right) and numbered '314' (lower left)
12 x 30in. (30.5 x 76cm.)
£250-350
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Click to view full image... δ GEORGE AYLING (ENGLISH, 1887-1960)
The mouth of the Thames at dusk
Watercolour
Signed 'Geo. Ayling' (lower right)
15 x 21½in. (38 x 55cm.)
£200-400
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Click to view full image...Click to view full image... δ ERIC TUFNELL (BRITISH, 1888-1978)
'Flying Cloud' 1851; 'Vermont' U.S. clipper bark; 'Sea Witch'; 'Surprise'; 'Flying Eagle'
Watercolour
All signed and dated 'E. Tufnell 1975' and inscribed with titles (lower left)
Largest 14¼ x 20½in. (36 x 52cm.)
(5)
£400-600
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Click to view full image...Click to view full image...Click to view full image... FRANZ JOHANN WILHELM HÜNTEN (GERMAN, 1822-1887)
Dutch coastal scenes, a set of three
Watercolour
All signed 'F. Hünten' (lower right)
Largest 8 x 10¼in. (20 x 26cm.)
(3)
£300-500
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Click to view full image... WILLIAM LIONEL WYLLIE (BRITISH, 1851-1931)
Loch Fyne
Watercolour, in original giltwood frame, J.B. Bennett & Sons Glasgow label to reverse
Signed 'W.L. Wyllie' (lower left)
6 x 12½in. (15 x 32cm.)
£600-800
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Click to view full image... FOLLOWER OF THOMAS HART (BRITISH, 1830-1916)
Shipping off Whitby Abbey
Watercolour with scratching out
Bears a signature
16 x 22¼in. (40.5 x 57cm.)
£250-350
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Click to view full image... δ NORMAN WILKINSON (BRITISH, 1878-1971)
R.M.S. 'Mauretania' Rafted Up To A Transport, Off The Coast Of Gallipoli, 1915
Watercolour
Signed 'Norman Wilkinson' (lower left)
21 x 14in. (53.5 x 35.5cm.)
£2,000-3,000
Mauretania was used as a troop ship during WWI. Norman Wilkinson was located at the Dardenelles for the duration of the campaign. It is thought this is one of a set of watercolours considered for his book The Dardenelles, Colour Sketches in Gallipoli 1916.
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Click to view full image... WILLIAM EDWARD WEBB (ENGLISH, 1862-1903)
Liverpool: An Inman liner (probably the S.S. 'City of Chicago') with Dock Board building to the left
Oil on canvas
Signed 'W. Webb' (lower left)
15½ x 23½in. (39.5 x 59.5cm.)
£1,500-2,500
Provenance: With the Hampshire Gallery, 1990
Inman Line ships, distinguished by a single white stripe on a black funnel, had distinctive rigs and funnel arrangements. The later ships often had three close funnels supplemented by two or three masts of various rig. The vessel depicted here is notable for having a pair of funnels and four masts of which the City of Chicago (launched 1883 - wrecked 1892) seems to be the only candidate.
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Click to view full image... δ FRANK HENRY MASON (BRITISH, 1875-1965)
Willem Barentsz probably anchored off Spitzbergen Island in 1596
Oil on canvas
Signed 'Frank H. Mason' (lower right) with possible printing instructions inscribed verso
19¾ x 25½in. (50 x 65cm.)
£800-1,200
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Click to view full image... FOLLOWER OF WILLIAM VAN DE VELDE (DUTCH, 17TH CENTURY)
Study of a warship
Pencil and grey wash on conjoined sheets
Bears indistinct signature
19 x 14in. (48.5 x 35.5cm.); together with a copper engraving of Fort William at Bengall, after Lambert & Scott, engraved by Van der Gucht (laid down to card, old tears, browned overall) - Pl. 17½ x 24in. (44.5 x 61cm.)
(2)
£200-400
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Click to view full image... ATTRIBUTED TO PETER MONAMY (BRITISH, 1681-1749)
An Admiralty yacht saluting the departure of a visiting captain, with warships becalmed beyond
Oil on canvas, in carved giltwood frame
23¼ x 28¾in. (59 x 73cm.)
£1,500-2,000
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Click to view full image... PETER MONAMY (BRITISH, 1681-1749)
A ship on fire at night
Oil on canvas
Signed 'P. Monamy Pinx' (lower left)
24 x 29.5in. (61 x 75cm.)
£500-800
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Click to view full image... PETER MONAMY (BRITISH, 1681-1749)
An Admiralty yacht escorting a Vice Admiral of the Red off a coast
Oil on canvas
Signed 'P. Monamy' (lower left)
28½ x 45¼in. (72 x 115cm.)
£4,000-6,000
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Click to view full image... THOMAS LUNY (ENGLISH, 1759-1837)
74-gun ship in company with a Truro fishing smack off the Longships Lighthouse and Land's End, Cornwall
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 'Luny 17**' (lower left on barrel)
15½ x 20in. (39 x 51cm.)
£1,500-2,500
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Click to view full image...Click to view full image...Click to view full image...Click to view full image... JOHN THOMAS SERRES (ENGLISH, 1759-1825)
The Entrance to Plymouth Sound: a Vice Admiral of the Red drying his sails with his squadron laid up in ordinary, flanked by Mount Edgcumbe House and Saltram House with Devil's Point Fort
Oil on cradle panel, in carved gilt frame
Signed 'J.T.Serres' on stern of boat (lower mid-left) and dated '1808' on rock (lower centre)
29½ x 49in. (75 x 124.5cm.)
£10,000-15,000
Provenance: With Leggatt Brothers, London, 1963
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Click to view full image... ATTRIBUTED OF NICHOLAS POCOCK (ENGLISH, 1740-1821)
Glorious First of June, H.M.S. 'Queen Charlotte' forcing the French line
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed with title
14 x 20½in. (35.5 x 52cm.)
£500-800
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Click to view full image... JOHN DOWNMAN (WELSH, 1750-1824)
Mrs King and daughter
Chalk, watercolour and gouache, within substantial cast gilt brass frame with label for J. Ledger & Son, Bond Street, 1946 to reverse
Signed Jo. Downman (in sea, left of shoulder)
11¾ x 9¾in. (30 x 25cm.)
The sitter was the wife of Capt. King R.N. and daughter of Admiral Sir John Duckworth. Studies for each subject are contained within the British Museum.
£600-800
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Click to view full image... A PARIANWARE BUST OF LORD NELSON BY JOSEPH PITTS, LONDON 1853
after the model by John Flaxman, the reverse impressed with maker's marks and inscription - 9½in. (24cm.) high; together with a drawing of a Napoleonic two-decker (possibly Ajax) running out studding sails signed 'R.H. Dean' (lower right) - 9 x 7in. (23 x 18cm.)
(2)
£300-400
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Click to view full image... ENGLISH SCHOOL, MID-19TH CENTURY
Studies of H.M.S. 'Spartiate'
Wash over pen and ink, laid down
Inscribed 'Spartiate 74' and 'E. Lent'
10 x 19in. (25.5 x 48cm.)
£300-500
Spartiate was the last ship in Nelson's weather column at Trafalgar where she successfully fought the Neptuno amongst others. Passing in and out of commission thereafter, she was retired as a sheer hulk in 1842 and was broken fifteen years later. It's not clear when or why these sketches were made, but they show interesting contemporary perspectives of an historic ship. The union flag flown by her at Trafalgar was sold in these rooms on 21 October 2009, lot 53.
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Click to view full image... ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1780
The Rev. Dr Lawrence Halloran, D.D., Chaplain on the 'Britannia' at Trafalgar
Oil on canvas
15 x 12in. (38 x 30.5cm.)
£500-800
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Click to view full image... HILLEBRAND DIRK LOEFF (DUTCH, 1774-1845)
Portrait of a Dutch Naval Officer, circa 1840
Oil on canvas
Signed 'Loeff Fecit' (mid-lower left, by epaulet)
24 x 19½in. (61 x 49.5cm.)
£300-500
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  SIR JAMES CLARK ROSS: A RARE PLATE FROM HIS PRIVATE SERVICE COMMEMORATING THE DISCOVERY OF MAGNETIC NORTH, 1ST JUNE, 1831
the rim with cartouche incorporating the family 'fox's head erased' crest next to a dip circle and Union flag inscribed in gilt 1st June 1831, arsenic green field with gilt pie crust border, the reverse with maker's green transfer for Copeland & Garrett late Spode - 9¼in. (23.5cm.) diam
£1,000-1,500
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Click to view full image...Click to view full image...Click to view full image... SIR JAMES CLARK ROSS: A RARE PLATE FROM HIS PRIVATE SERVICE COMMEMORATING THE DISCOVERY OF MAGNETIC NORTH, 1ST JUNE, 1831
the rim with cartouche incorporating the family 'fox's head erased' crest next to a dip circle and union flag inscribed in gilt 1st June 1831, arsenic green field with gilt pie crust border, the reverse with maker's green transfer for Copeland & Garrett late Spode - 9¼in. (23.5cm.) diameter
£1,000-1,500
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Click to view full image... A MANUSCRIPT AND WATERCOLOUR POCKET BOOK OF NAVAL SIGNALS, CIRCA 1800
completed in a clear copperplate hand and comprising twenty pages of numbered signals described with watercolour pennants including 173 numeric 'significations' decoded, 22 'pendant' signals, distress signals, signals made 'with sail and guns', 17 signals for 'Calling Officers to take Orders', Fire Ship signals (five of nine completed); 19 'Fog signals'; 'Signals made by Private Ships and used by the Admiral occasionally comprising approximately seventy signals over five sides; and six 'Signals made with Jacks, Pendants, and Whefts', the end pages with some loose silk colour samples, some blank panels with flags and pendants, bound between marbled card with securing flap (some pages loose, several ?personal note pages at rear cut out, some foxing, staining, old wear) - 6 x 4in. (15 x 10cm.)
£600-800
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Click to view full image... FISHER'S DISPLAY OF THE NAVAL FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS, 1838
Fisher & Jackson (publisher), London, hand-coloured frontispiece and 15 hand-coloured plates displaying 224 flags (plate 8 in facsimile), with index, modern half-calf and marbled boards
Despite being one of the earliest inexpensive flag guides available to the public, copies of this title are surprisingly scarce.
£100-150
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Click to view full image... AN 18TH CENTURY ENGRAVING OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
after the portrait by Nathaniel Dance engraved by J.K. Sherwin and contained within original Hogarth frame, including frame - 15¼ x 13¼in. (39 x 33.5cm.)
£250-350
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Click to view full image... ROBERT TAYLOR PRITCHETT (BRITISH, 1828-1907)
The Funeral of Capt. Campbell R.N. of H.M. Yacht 'Victoria & Albert II', 1877
Watercolour
Signed 'R.T. Pritchett' (lower left) and inscribed 'Feb 19 1877 -- Hampton' (lower right), label verso with title, date & signature
4¾ x 6½in. (12 x 16.5cm.)
£100-150
Captain Hugh Campbell was appointed Captain of the Royal Yacht on 1st January, 1877 but died at Hampton of typhoid fever on the 12th February
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Click to view full image... A PAIR OF ELECTRIC GIMBAL LIGHTS FROM THE H.M. ROYAL YACHT ALBERTA, CIRCA 1900
constructed in brass, the gimballed weights drilled for electrical cord and with period inscription FROM H.M. ROYAL YACHT 'ALBERTA' 1863-1913, now with modern bayonet bulb attachments - 13in. (33cm.) high
£500-800
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Click to view full image... A VICTORIAN NAVAL OFFICER'S DIRK BY GIEVE & SON, PORTSMOUTH
the 18in. blued blade with gilt etching and 'VR' cypher, signed by handle as per title, regulation acorn pattern hilt with shagreen grip, contained within scabbard of issue - 24in. (61cm.) long overall
£250-350
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Click to view full image... A ROYAL NAVAL BICORN HAT OF CIVIL RANK, CIRCA 1890
of regulation pattern constructed in beaver felt with bullion tassels and gold braid over the cockade, contained in shaped tôleware case of issue; together with a pair of regulation naval bullion loop epaulets for a chief carpenter contained within tin case of issue with maker's plate for Matthews & Co., Portsea; and a Kaisermarine type dirk with associated scabbard
(3)
£150-250
Provenance: Lt Cmdr P.J. Patterson (1886-1965)
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Click to view full image... A RARE SET OF STANDARD MEASURES FOR THE ADMIRALTY VICTUALLING BOARD, BY RD. VANDOME & CO., LONDON, 1826
heavily cast in brass for measures comprising Imperial gallon; half gallon, quart, pint, half pint, gill and half gill; the gallon inscribed with maker's name as per title and complete with side handles, each inscribed with Victualling Board's crossed anchor mark, rim punches for George IV and dated 1826 - gallon 6½ x 8in. (16.5 x 20cm.) excluding handle
(7)
£2,500-3,500
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Click to view full image... A SET OF GEORGE VI COPPER GROG MEASURES
of typical form with zinc lining and stamped for size comprising gallon, half gallon, quart, pint; half pint; 1½ gill; gill and half gill; each stamped with rim marks for GR6 - gallon 6½in. (16.5cm.) high excluding handle
(8)
£500-800
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  A ROYAL NAVY RUM PUMP, PROBABLY GEORGE VI
constructed in copper with zinc lining and wooden handled pump with perforated brass foot - 41in. (104cm.) high
£150-250
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Click to view full image... A ROYAL NAVY GROG CASK, SECOND-HALF 20TH CENTURY
coopered oak with brass binding and lettering inscribed THE QUEEN GOD BLESS HER with slated lid with brass acorn knob handle - 20in. (51cm.) high
£600-800
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Click to view full image... A ROYAL NAVY GROG CASK PATTERN ICE BUCKET, SECOND-HALF 20TH CENTURY
modelled in oak after the traditional form with brass binding and lettering inscribed THE QUEEN GOD BLESS HER with internal liner for ice and loose wooden lid with acorn finial - 14in. (35.5cm.) high
£300-500
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Click to view full image... A PATTERN 20 BOAT COMPASS BY E. DENT & CO., LONDON, CIRCA 1908
the 4in. compass card mounted within liquid filled ebonised brass bowl with maker's marks signed as per title and numbered 44083, gimbal-mounted within typical temple topped wood and brass case with candle lamp with bevelled glass viewing port and carry handle, shade slide, hinged door to locking arm, complete with pasted instructions counted numbered and indistinct manuscript date probably 25th July 08 - 14in. x 12in. (36 x 30.5cm.)
£1,800-2,500
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Click to view full image... A COPPER AND BRASS BOAT BINNACLE COMPASS BY DENT, CIRCA 1840
the 2½in. card with jewel pivot mounted within liquid filled bowl, the rim inscribed in copperplate DENT'S Patent Liquid Compass No. 1452, 61 Strand London, gimbal-mounted within copper housing with gimbal securing switch to front, bevelled glass to port, folding carry handle and hinged lighting compartment containing burner with lower drawer with spare wicks and reflector, the back with hanging bracket - 8½ x 6½in. (21.5 x 16.5cm.)
£500-800
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Click to view full image... AN ADMIRALTY PATTERN CAST BRASS TILLER YOKE, CIRCA 1900
comprising two opposing dolphins with sheaths in their tails
£150-250
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Click to view full image... AN ANEROID BAROMETER BY A. REDIER, PARIS, FOR THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY CIRCA 1890
signed on the 4in. silvered dial as per title with blued steel indicator, mounted in a brass base, the back engraved with Russian Naval Cyrillic marks for Kronstadt, and numbered 79 and 29 respectively - 6in. (15cm.) diameter overall
£400-600
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Click to view full image... A RARE WORKING ELECTRIC MODEL OF A WHITEHEAD TORPEDO, PRESENTED TO AN OFFICER IN THE THAI NAVY, 6TH FEBRUARY, 1914
constructed in nickel brass with central cigarette compartment with internal touch plates briefly operating contra-rotating impulse and guidance propellers, mounted on tapered wooden base with dual-language presentation inscription plate and inset battery compartment under - 5½ x 23½in. (14 x 60cm.)
£2,000-3,000
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Click to view full image... A GOOD 'FAITHFUL FREDDIE' TYPE SUBMARINE COMPASS, CIRCA 1910
the 3in. card signed and inscribed Dobby McInnes Ltd, Capt. Chetwynd's Patent, No. 25965/06, Glasgow & London, contained in a liquid filled bowl with counterweights brass azimuth circle numbered 7573, gimbal - mounted with wood and brass binnacle stand with correction spheres, electric light contact and sliding panel to lower magnet chamber with lugs for deck securing and double hinged brass cowl with handle and viewing ports - 18in. (46cm.) high x 16½in. (42cm.) wide
£1,000-1,500
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Click to view full image... A COLLECTION OF 20TH CENTURY WATERCOLOUR SUBMARINE PROFILES
mounted in four pairs inscribed to the reverses Netherlands Walrus; Japan Uzushio; Russian Kilo Class; UK Type 2400 Upholder Class; China Romeo Class; Peru German Type 209; UK Oberon Class; Russia Tango - framed size 14½ x 17½in. (37 x 44.5cm.); together with four profiles of unidentified cruisers, probably by the same hand, mounted in pairs, framed and glazed
(6)
£250-350
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Click to view full image... ADMIRAL SIR HENRY BERTRAM PELLY'S WHITE NAVAL ENSIGN, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN FLOWN ABOARD H.M.S. TIGER DURING THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND, 31ST MAY-1ST JUNE, 1916
constructed in stitched woollen bunting with canvas sleeve stencilled with maker's marks for Kirk, Hall & Co., Kidacre Street, Leeds, 1915 and 4 BDS Ensign White, pierced with brass suspension studs and brass hook attachments - 51 x 34in. (130 x 87cm.); together with cap tallies from H.M.Ships Tiger, Bryony and Invincible
£500-800
Admiral Sir Henry Bertram Pelly (1867-1942) commanded H.M.S. Tiger at her commissioning actions at Dogger Bank (24th January, 1915) and Jutland (31st May-1st June 1916). Neither were terribly satisfactory for Tiger, Beatty's confused signalling at Dogger Bank allowed German ships to escape whilst making Pelly the scape goat; and at Jutland her gunnery was poor - of 303 13½in. shells fired, only three found their mark, whilst she was hit seventeen times with the loss of twenty-four killed and forty six wounded. Never-the-less, Pelly was awarded a CB for his conduct in the action. He was given shore-based posts thereafter and so it seems highly likely this flag was his souvenir from the biggest fleet action of modern times.
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Click to view full image... A BELL THOUGHT TO BE FROM ARMED NAVAL TRAWLER NO. 40, CIRCA 1915
of typical form and cast in bell metal with single suspension lug and iron staple within, moulded rim, inscribed to front with black filled lettering ANT No. 40 (lacking clapper) - 9½in. (24cm.) high
£250-350
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Click to view full image... AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING BRASS PLATE COMMEMORATING THE ATLANTIC SPEED RECORD OF H.M.S. INDOMITABLE, JULY-AUG 1908 WITH THE PRINCE OF WALES ABOARD
inscribed with relevant details, list of engineering officers and officers decorated by the king, flanking an engraved ship's crest - 10 x 12in. (25.5 x 30.5cm.)
£150-250
An 'Invincible' Class battlecruiser, Indomitable was part of Admiral 'Jacky' Fisher's grand plan to evolve ever-faster lightly-armoured ships to out-gun an enemy with equivalent or superior fire power whilst remaining out of their range. It was a fatally flawed strategy as was repeatedly proven, but before the trials of War exposed their Achilles heels, they were considered to be amongst the most attractive and swift ships of their scale ever built. Indomitable was designed for a service speed of 25kts, but achieved 26.1 on trials. Fitted with two paired sets of Parsons direct drive turbines powered by 31 Babcock & Wilson boilers, she achieved an extraordinary 48,000bhp for three days in a row, averaging 25.3 kts. during a passage of the North Atlantic, an achievement marked for posterity by this lot
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Click to view full image...Click to view full image... δ FRANK WATSON WOOD (ENGLISH, 1862-1953)
The Great Surrender Scapa Flow, December 1918
Watercolour heightened with bodycolour
Signed 'Frank Wood 1919' (lower right)
19¾ x 39½ (50 x 100cm.); together with a watercolour key by the artist showing the disposition of the High Seas Fleet, 4 x 11½in. (10x 29cm.); and cartouche describing the scene, each framed and glazed
(3)
£5,000-8,000
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art
Auctioneer: Charles Miller Location: London
Contact: Tel: +44 (0) 207 806 5530
Date: 30th April 2019 Time: 11:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Saturday 27th April 12noon to 5pm
Sunday 28th April 12noon to 5pm
Monday 29th April 10am to 5pm
Tuesday 30th April 10am to 11am Limited View
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