1st May, 2018 11:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Britannia')
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[M] A WELL PRESENTED AND DETAILED 1:192 SCALE...
A WELL PRESENTED AND DETAILED 1:192 SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE HUNT CLASS DESTROYER H.M.S. BADSWORTH, ORIGINALLY BUILT BY CAMMELL LAIRD, 1941
modelled by E. Dyke with carved hull finished in dazzle camouflage, grey decks with fittings as appropriate including anchors with chains and winches, deck rails, bitts, ventilators, main and secondary anti-aircraft armament, wooden decked open bridge with controls, communication masts, stayed funnel, carlie floats, launch and boat in davits, mine racks to stern with mines, etc., set on a blue base within plexi-glass case, overall measurements -- 7 x 21½ x 7in. x (18 x 52 x 18cm.)
Commissioned in August 1941, Badsworth was prepared for close convoy escort duties, initially in the north west approaches, and then to Russia during which she fought off repeated attacks and saved many men from the water; in May 1942 she was allocated to Operation Harpoon, escorted essential supplies to Malta during which she was badly damaged when she hit a mine entering the Grand Harbour and docked until November for repairs. Deployed thereafter in the Atlantic, and then Western Mediterranean, she hit another mine and beached herself to avoid sinking. Refloated and repaired, she was loaned to the Norwegian Navy as HNoMS Arendal in 1944 and purchased by them after the War. She was broken up in 1965.
modelled by E. Dyke with carved hull finished in dazzle camouflage, grey decks with fittings as appropriate including anchors with chains and winches, deck rails, bitts, ventilators, main and secondary anti-aircraft armament, wooden decked open bridge with controls, communication masts, stayed funnel, carlie floats, launch and boat in davits, mine racks to stern with mines, etc., set on a blue base within plexi-glass case, overall measurements -- 7 x 21½ x 7in. x (18 x 52 x 18cm.)
Commissioned in August 1941, Badsworth was prepared for close convoy escort duties, initially in the north west approaches, and then to Russia during which she fought off repeated attacks and saved many men from the water; in May 1942 she was allocated to Operation Harpoon, escorted essential supplies to Malta during which she was badly damaged when she hit a mine entering the Grand Harbour and docked until November for repairs. Deployed thereafter in the Atlantic, and then Western Mediterranean, she hit another mine and beached herself to avoid sinking. Refloated and repaired, she was loaned to the Norwegian Navy as HNoMS Arendal in 1944 and purchased by them after the War. She was broken up in 1965.
Sold for £682
Estimated at £600 - £800
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A WELL PRESENTED AND DETAILED 1:192 SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE HUNT CLASS DESTROYER H.M.S. BADSWORTH, ORIGINALLY BUILT BY CAMMELL LAIRD, 1941
modelled by E. Dyke with carved hull finished in dazzle camouflage, grey decks with fittings as appropriate including anchors with chains and winches, deck rails, bitts, ventilators, main and secondary anti-aircraft armament, wooden decked open bridge with controls, communication masts, stayed funnel, carlie floats, launch and boat in davits, mine racks to stern with mines, etc., set on a blue base within plexi-glass case, overall measurements -- 7 x 21½ x 7in. x (18 x 52 x 18cm.)
Commissioned in August 1941, Badsworth was prepared for close convoy escort duties, initially in the north west approaches, and then to Russia during which she fought off repeated attacks and saved many men from the water; in May 1942 she was allocated to Operation Harpoon, escorted essential supplies to Malta during which she was badly damaged when she hit a mine entering the Grand Harbour and docked until November for repairs. Deployed thereafter in the Atlantic, and then Western Mediterranean, she hit another mine and beached herself to avoid sinking. Refloated and repaired, she was loaned to the Norwegian Navy as HNoMS Arendal in 1944 and purchased by them after the War. She was broken up in 1965.
modelled by E. Dyke with carved hull finished in dazzle camouflage, grey decks with fittings as appropriate including anchors with chains and winches, deck rails, bitts, ventilators, main and secondary anti-aircraft armament, wooden decked open bridge with controls, communication masts, stayed funnel, carlie floats, launch and boat in davits, mine racks to stern with mines, etc., set on a blue base within plexi-glass case, overall measurements -- 7 x 21½ x 7in. x (18 x 52 x 18cm.)
Commissioned in August 1941, Badsworth was prepared for close convoy escort duties, initially in the north west approaches, and then to Russia during which she fought off repeated attacks and saved many men from the water; in May 1942 she was allocated to Operation Harpoon, escorted essential supplies to Malta during which she was badly damaged when she hit a mine entering the Grand Harbour and docked until November for repairs. Deployed thereafter in the Atlantic, and then Western Mediterranean, she hit another mine and beached herself to avoid sinking. Refloated and repaired, she was loaned to the Norwegian Navy as HNoMS Arendal in 1944 and purchased by them after the War. She was broken up in 1965.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Britannia'), 1st May, 2018
