21st Oct, 2009 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Victory)
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[M] THE BRIDGE BELL FROM THE SAILING SHIP SAMUEL...
THE BRIDGE BELL FROM THE SAILING SHIP SAMUEL PLIMSOLL (1873)
inscribed over an arc and mounted on a wood and metal display stand (repair to lower left now with 1in. crack), the bell - 5 x 6½in. (13 x 17cm.); 13¾in. (35cm.) high overall
Launched from Hood's yard at Aberdeen in September 1873, with her namesake present to watch the event, the Samuel Plimsoll was the third iron clipper ordered for the [Aberdeen] White Star Line's growing fleet of emigrant ships. Registered in London at 1,510 tons gross (1,444 net) and measuring 241 feet in length with a 39 foot beam, she sported a full ship-rig and was completed as "a double topgallant yarder." Specially fitted out for the emigrant trade, she left Plymouth on 19th November [1873] with 180 passengers and arrived in Port Jackson, Australia, on 1st February the following year. Despite light winds at the start of her outward passage, she made the run in a creditable 73 days, including one splendid dash of 340 miles in 24 hours when approaching Tasmania. From the outset she proved herself a very fast ship, with her best-ever performance being Sydney to the Bishop's Rock lighthouse in 68 days under Captain Henderson, albeit later in her career. She remained in the Sydney trade until 1887 when she was transferred to the Melbourne run, all the time continuing to carry 3-400 emigrants on the voyage out and a full cargo of wool back to the UK. A prominent and well-known vessel in the so-called Wool Fleet, the famous old ship caught fire in the Thames in 1899 and had to be scuttled. Subsequently raised and repaired, she was sold to Savills who operated her until 1902 when she was dismasted and so damaged on passage to Port Chalmers, New Zealand, that she was deemed not worth repairing. Eventually towed to Sydney at the end of a 120-fathom hawser, she ended her days as a coal hulk in Fremantle harbour where her beautiful lines continued to impress all who saw her despite her final unglamorous employment.
inscribed over an arc and mounted on a wood and metal display stand (repair to lower left now with 1in. crack), the bell - 5 x 6½in. (13 x 17cm.); 13¾in. (35cm.) high overall
Launched from Hood's yard at Aberdeen in September 1873, with her namesake present to watch the event, the Samuel Plimsoll was the third iron clipper ordered for the [Aberdeen] White Star Line's growing fleet of emigrant ships. Registered in London at 1,510 tons gross (1,444 net) and measuring 241 feet in length with a 39 foot beam, she sported a full ship-rig and was completed as "a double topgallant yarder." Specially fitted out for the emigrant trade, she left Plymouth on 19th November [1873] with 180 passengers and arrived in Port Jackson, Australia, on 1st February the following year. Despite light winds at the start of her outward passage, she made the run in a creditable 73 days, including one splendid dash of 340 miles in 24 hours when approaching Tasmania. From the outset she proved herself a very fast ship, with her best-ever performance being Sydney to the Bishop's Rock lighthouse in 68 days under Captain Henderson, albeit later in her career. She remained in the Sydney trade until 1887 when she was transferred to the Melbourne run, all the time continuing to carry 3-400 emigrants on the voyage out and a full cargo of wool back to the UK. A prominent and well-known vessel in the so-called Wool Fleet, the famous old ship caught fire in the Thames in 1899 and had to be scuttled. Subsequently raised and repaired, she was sold to Savills who operated her until 1902 when she was dismasted and so damaged on passage to Port Chalmers, New Zealand, that she was deemed not worth repairing. Eventually towed to Sydney at the end of a 120-fathom hawser, she ended her days as a coal hulk in Fremantle harbour where her beautiful lines continued to impress all who saw her despite her final unglamorous employment.
Sold for £1,364
Estimated at £500 - £800
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
THE BRIDGE BELL FROM THE SAILING SHIP SAMUEL PLIMSOLL (1873)
inscribed over an arc and mounted on a wood and metal display stand (repair to lower left now with 1in. crack), the bell - 5 x 6½in. (13 x 17cm.); 13¾in. (35cm.) high overall
Launched from Hood's yard at Aberdeen in September 1873, with her namesake present to watch the event, the Samuel Plimsoll was the third iron clipper ordered for the [Aberdeen] White Star Line's growing fleet of emigrant ships. Registered in London at 1,510 tons gross (1,444 net) and measuring 241 feet in length with a 39 foot beam, she sported a full ship-rig and was completed as "a double topgallant yarder." Specially fitted out for the emigrant trade, she left Plymouth on 19th November [1873] with 180 passengers and arrived in Port Jackson, Australia, on 1st February the following year. Despite light winds at the start of her outward passage, she made the run in a creditable 73 days, including one splendid dash of 340 miles in 24 hours when approaching Tasmania. From the outset she proved herself a very fast ship, with her best-ever performance being Sydney to the Bishop's Rock lighthouse in 68 days under Captain Henderson, albeit later in her career. She remained in the Sydney trade until 1887 when she was transferred to the Melbourne run, all the time continuing to carry 3-400 emigrants on the voyage out and a full cargo of wool back to the UK. A prominent and well-known vessel in the so-called Wool Fleet, the famous old ship caught fire in the Thames in 1899 and had to be scuttled. Subsequently raised and repaired, she was sold to Savills who operated her until 1902 when she was dismasted and so damaged on passage to Port Chalmers, New Zealand, that she was deemed not worth repairing. Eventually towed to Sydney at the end of a 120-fathom hawser, she ended her days as a coal hulk in Fremantle harbour where her beautiful lines continued to impress all who saw her despite her final unglamorous employment.
inscribed over an arc and mounted on a wood and metal display stand (repair to lower left now with 1in. crack), the bell - 5 x 6½in. (13 x 17cm.); 13¾in. (35cm.) high overall
Launched from Hood's yard at Aberdeen in September 1873, with her namesake present to watch the event, the Samuel Plimsoll was the third iron clipper ordered for the [Aberdeen] White Star Line's growing fleet of emigrant ships. Registered in London at 1,510 tons gross (1,444 net) and measuring 241 feet in length with a 39 foot beam, she sported a full ship-rig and was completed as "a double topgallant yarder." Specially fitted out for the emigrant trade, she left Plymouth on 19th November [1873] with 180 passengers and arrived in Port Jackson, Australia, on 1st February the following year. Despite light winds at the start of her outward passage, she made the run in a creditable 73 days, including one splendid dash of 340 miles in 24 hours when approaching Tasmania. From the outset she proved herself a very fast ship, with her best-ever performance being Sydney to the Bishop's Rock lighthouse in 68 days under Captain Henderson, albeit later in her career. She remained in the Sydney trade until 1887 when she was transferred to the Melbourne run, all the time continuing to carry 3-400 emigrants on the voyage out and a full cargo of wool back to the UK. A prominent and well-known vessel in the so-called Wool Fleet, the famous old ship caught fire in the Thames in 1899 and had to be scuttled. Subsequently raised and repaired, she was sold to Savills who operated her until 1902 when she was dismasted and so damaged on passage to Port Chalmers, New Zealand, that she was deemed not worth repairing. Eventually towed to Sydney at the end of a 120-fathom hawser, she ended her days as a coal hulk in Fremantle harbour where her beautiful lines continued to impress all who saw her despite her final unglamorous employment.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Victory), 21st Oct, 2009
