22nd Oct, 2008 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Association)
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[M] A FINE MIRROR-BACKED BUILDER'S HALF MODEL OF...
A FINE MIRROR-BACKED BUILDER'S HALF MODEL OF THE GENERAL PURPOSE CARGO STEAM SHIP HOLBROOK, BUILT BY JOSEPH THOMPSON & SONS, SUNDERLAND, FOR THE CENTURY SHIPPING CO., 1917 AND MANAGED BY HARRIS & DIXON LTD
the carved laminated hull finished in pink and grey with white superstructure, lined detail work and gold plated fittings, mounted on a front-silvered mirror within a glazed mahogany case with angled end mirrors and managers plates, complete with original mahogany stand
The model - 23¼ x 99in. (59 x 251.5cm.); the stand - 38 x 100in. (96.5 x 254cm.)
Launched on 17th July and completed in November 1917, the S.S. Holbrook was named after Lt. Norman Douglas Holbrook, R.N., VC, a friend of managing partner Frank Dixon, and the recipient of the first naval Victoria Cross in the Great War (he dived his submarine under five rows of mines and torpedoed the Turkish battleship Messudiyed). Registered at 6,668 tons and measuring 412.3 x 55.5 x 34.4 feet, she was powered by triple-expansion engines supplied by Blair & Co. capable of producing 600 n.h.p. In 1918 she was sold to the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. and in 1923 renamed Bredon and then Brandon. In 1928 she passed to the South Georgia S.S. Co. Ltd. and was steaming under their colours in ballast from Cardiff to Port Everglade when she was torpedoed on the 8th of December, 1939, 150 miles west of Lands End by U-48, with the loss of nine souls, Captain Richard Chisholm and 42 crew were saved.
the carved laminated hull finished in pink and grey with white superstructure, lined detail work and gold plated fittings, mounted on a front-silvered mirror within a glazed mahogany case with angled end mirrors and managers plates, complete with original mahogany stand
The model - 23¼ x 99in. (59 x 251.5cm.); the stand - 38 x 100in. (96.5 x 254cm.)
Launched on 17th July and completed in November 1917, the S.S. Holbrook was named after Lt. Norman Douglas Holbrook, R.N., VC, a friend of managing partner Frank Dixon, and the recipient of the first naval Victoria Cross in the Great War (he dived his submarine under five rows of mines and torpedoed the Turkish battleship Messudiyed). Registered at 6,668 tons and measuring 412.3 x 55.5 x 34.4 feet, she was powered by triple-expansion engines supplied by Blair & Co. capable of producing 600 n.h.p. In 1918 she was sold to the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. and in 1923 renamed Bredon and then Brandon. In 1928 she passed to the South Georgia S.S. Co. Ltd. and was steaming under their colours in ballast from Cardiff to Port Everglade when she was torpedoed on the 8th of December, 1939, 150 miles west of Lands End by U-48, with the loss of nine souls, Captain Richard Chisholm and 42 crew were saved.
Sold for £3,100
Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A FINE MIRROR-BACKED BUILDER'S HALF MODEL OF THE GENERAL PURPOSE CARGO STEAM SHIP HOLBROOK, BUILT BY JOSEPH THOMPSON & SONS, SUNDERLAND, FOR THE CENTURY SHIPPING CO., 1917 AND MANAGED BY HARRIS & DIXON LTD
the carved laminated hull finished in pink and grey with white superstructure, lined detail work and gold plated fittings, mounted on a front-silvered mirror within a glazed mahogany case with angled end mirrors and managers plates, complete with original mahogany stand
The model - 23¼ x 99in. (59 x 251.5cm.); the stand - 38 x 100in. (96.5 x 254cm.)
Launched on 17th July and completed in November 1917, the S.S. Holbrook was named after Lt. Norman Douglas Holbrook, R.N., VC, a friend of managing partner Frank Dixon, and the recipient of the first naval Victoria Cross in the Great War (he dived his submarine under five rows of mines and torpedoed the Turkish battleship Messudiyed). Registered at 6,668 tons and measuring 412.3 x 55.5 x 34.4 feet, she was powered by triple-expansion engines supplied by Blair & Co. capable of producing 600 n.h.p. In 1918 she was sold to the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. and in 1923 renamed Bredon and then Brandon. In 1928 she passed to the South Georgia S.S. Co. Ltd. and was steaming under their colours in ballast from Cardiff to Port Everglade when she was torpedoed on the 8th of December, 1939, 150 miles west of Lands End by U-48, with the loss of nine souls, Captain Richard Chisholm and 42 crew were saved.
the carved laminated hull finished in pink and grey with white superstructure, lined detail work and gold plated fittings, mounted on a front-silvered mirror within a glazed mahogany case with angled end mirrors and managers plates, complete with original mahogany stand
The model - 23¼ x 99in. (59 x 251.5cm.); the stand - 38 x 100in. (96.5 x 254cm.)
Launched on 17th July and completed in November 1917, the S.S. Holbrook was named after Lt. Norman Douglas Holbrook, R.N., VC, a friend of managing partner Frank Dixon, and the recipient of the first naval Victoria Cross in the Great War (he dived his submarine under five rows of mines and torpedoed the Turkish battleship Messudiyed). Registered at 6,668 tons and measuring 412.3 x 55.5 x 34.4 feet, she was powered by triple-expansion engines supplied by Blair & Co. capable of producing 600 n.h.p. In 1918 she was sold to the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. and in 1923 renamed Bredon and then Brandon. In 1928 she passed to the South Georgia S.S. Co. Ltd. and was steaming under their colours in ballast from Cardiff to Port Everglade when she was torpedoed on the 8th of December, 1939, 150 miles west of Lands End by U-48, with the loss of nine souls, Captain Richard Chisholm and 42 crew were saved.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Association), 22nd Oct, 2008
