29th Oct, 2014 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Wizard)
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[M] LORD INVERCLYDE'S STEAM YACHT BERYL<br/>a Royal...
LORD INVERCLYDE'S STEAM YACHT BERYL
a Royal Doulton gold-edged white dinner plate, the rim bearing the crossed coloured flags of the Royal Thames and Royal Southern Yacht Clubs above a scroll reading Beryl -- 10½in. (26.5cm.) diameter
Designed and built by Scott's of Greenock for Lord Inverclyde of Castle Wemyss in 1904, Beryl was a magnificent screw schooner which boasted a promenade deck of 92 feet amongst her appointments. Registered at 427 tons gross (207½ net and 484 Thames), she measured 168½ feet in length with a 25 foot beam and was engined by her builders. Sold to Lord Hollenden in 1913, who renamed her Lorna, she was hired for wartime service in September 1914 and spent the War, armed with 1-12pdr. and 1-6pdr., in the Auxiliary Patrol. Released by the Admiralty in December 1919, she was then sold to Sir Walter Preston, M.P., who was able to loan her to the Government again in September 1939 when the Second World War began. Mounting a single 12pdr. gun, she served initially as an Armed Boarding Vessel but is unrecorded after May 1941, perhaps due to enemy action.
a Royal Doulton gold-edged white dinner plate, the rim bearing the crossed coloured flags of the Royal Thames and Royal Southern Yacht Clubs above a scroll reading Beryl -- 10½in. (26.5cm.) diameter
Designed and built by Scott's of Greenock for Lord Inverclyde of Castle Wemyss in 1904, Beryl was a magnificent screw schooner which boasted a promenade deck of 92 feet amongst her appointments. Registered at 427 tons gross (207½ net and 484 Thames), she measured 168½ feet in length with a 25 foot beam and was engined by her builders. Sold to Lord Hollenden in 1913, who renamed her Lorna, she was hired for wartime service in September 1914 and spent the War, armed with 1-12pdr. and 1-6pdr., in the Auxiliary Patrol. Released by the Admiralty in December 1919, she was then sold to Sir Walter Preston, M.P., who was able to loan her to the Government again in September 1939 when the Second World War began. Mounting a single 12pdr. gun, she served initially as an Armed Boarding Vessel but is unrecorded after May 1941, perhaps due to enemy action.
Sold for £124
Estimated at £60 - £80
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
LORD INVERCLYDE'S STEAM YACHT BERYL
a Royal Doulton gold-edged white dinner plate, the rim bearing the crossed coloured flags of the Royal Thames and Royal Southern Yacht Clubs above a scroll reading Beryl -- 10½in. (26.5cm.) diameter
Designed and built by Scott's of Greenock for Lord Inverclyde of Castle Wemyss in 1904, Beryl was a magnificent screw schooner which boasted a promenade deck of 92 feet amongst her appointments. Registered at 427 tons gross (207½ net and 484 Thames), she measured 168½ feet in length with a 25 foot beam and was engined by her builders. Sold to Lord Hollenden in 1913, who renamed her Lorna, she was hired for wartime service in September 1914 and spent the War, armed with 1-12pdr. and 1-6pdr., in the Auxiliary Patrol. Released by the Admiralty in December 1919, she was then sold to Sir Walter Preston, M.P., who was able to loan her to the Government again in September 1939 when the Second World War began. Mounting a single 12pdr. gun, she served initially as an Armed Boarding Vessel but is unrecorded after May 1941, perhaps due to enemy action.
a Royal Doulton gold-edged white dinner plate, the rim bearing the crossed coloured flags of the Royal Thames and Royal Southern Yacht Clubs above a scroll reading Beryl -- 10½in. (26.5cm.) diameter
Designed and built by Scott's of Greenock for Lord Inverclyde of Castle Wemyss in 1904, Beryl was a magnificent screw schooner which boasted a promenade deck of 92 feet amongst her appointments. Registered at 427 tons gross (207½ net and 484 Thames), she measured 168½ feet in length with a 25 foot beam and was engined by her builders. Sold to Lord Hollenden in 1913, who renamed her Lorna, she was hired for wartime service in September 1914 and spent the War, armed with 1-12pdr. and 1-6pdr., in the Auxiliary Patrol. Released by the Admiralty in December 1919, she was then sold to Sir Walter Preston, M.P., who was able to loan her to the Government again in September 1939 when the Second World War began. Mounting a single 12pdr. gun, she served initially as an Armed Boarding Vessel but is unrecorded after May 1941, perhaps due to enemy action.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Wizard), 29th Oct, 2014
