17th Jul, 2008 12:00

Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Phoenix)

 
Lot 114
 

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[M] A well-presented builder's-style model of the...

A well-presented builder's-style model of the turret-deck steam ship Ryton, originally built for the Reo Steamship Company Ltd by William Doxford & Sons, 1905
modelled by A. Berry-Robinson in traditional form with carved hull, lined decks with gold-plated fittings, lined and tinted superstructure, masts with rigging and aerials, mounted on two turned plated columns within a glazed wooden case with plaque

18 x 50 x 13in. (46 x 127 x 33cm.) Overall.

A typical product of the Doxford yard, Ryton measured 349 feet with a 50.9 foot beam and was powered by her builder's own triple expansion engines producing 310 n.h.p. Sold in 1913 to the Swedish firm AWGF Aktieb, she was re-named Hogland. Surviving the Great War, she was sold to a Norwegian firm in 1923 and carried the name Dampfen until bought by a German company and named Erika Fritzen. It was whilst steaming under her second German company flag (but retaining the same name) that she was sunk by a British mine North of Warnemunde on February 25th, 1945.



Sold for £4,340
Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000

(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)


 
A well-presented builder's-style model of the turret-deck steam ship Ryton, originally built for the Reo Steamship Company Ltd by William Doxford & Sons, 1905
modelled by A. Berry-Robinson in traditional form with carved hull, lined decks with gold-plated fittings, lined and tinted superstructure, masts with rigging and aerials, mounted on two turned plated columns within a glazed wooden case with plaque

18 x 50 x 13in. (46 x 127 x 33cm.) Overall.

A typical product of the Doxford yard, Ryton measured 349 feet with a 50.9 foot beam and was powered by her builder's own triple expansion engines producing 310 n.h.p. Sold in 1913 to the Swedish firm AWGF Aktieb, she was re-named Hogland. Surviving the Great War, she was sold to a Norwegian firm in 1923 and carried the name Dampfen until bought by a German company and named Erika Fritzen. It was whilst steaming under her second German company flag (but retaining the same name) that she was sunk by a British mine North of Warnemunde on February 25th, 1945.



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