A BUILDER'S HALF-BLOCK MODEL FOR THE CARGO SHIP S.S. ENGINEER, BUILT FOR TATHAM & CO BY MURDOCH & MURRAY, GLASGOW, 1884
the laminated and carved hull with wooden propeller, finished in varnish and black above the waterline, with lacquered decks with fittings including deck rails, bitts, anchor winch, companionways, steam winch, cutaway masts, covered hatches, lined superstructure including wheel house with open bridge, wooden ventilators, cutaway funnel, wood-capped deck rails, carved boat in davits, emergency helm and other details, mounted on a mahogany display board with inset stencilled builder's plate, contained within original curved top glazed case for wall hanging -- overall measurements 14 x 54¾ x 7in. (35.5 x 139 x 17.5cm.)

A small vessel of just 599 tons, the Engineer was enroute beween Caliari and Massowah with a cargo of rice when she ran aground off the Andi Seli Island, near Suakin on the 20th November 1886 and became a total wreck.

Condition Report
Black topsides faded; split to display board behind rudder to edge of case, otherwise, in fine overall condition.

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