29th Apr, 2009 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Popham)
249
[M] A WELL-PRESENTED AND DETAILED BUILDER'S-STYLE...
A WELL-PRESENTED AND DETAILED BUILDER'S-STYLE 1:48 SCALE MODEL OF THE RUSSIAN "VNIMATELNI" CLASS TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER FOREL (VNIMATELNI, 1900)
the carved hull finished in red and black with planked decks, gratings, polished fittings and armament as appropriate, mast and rigging, mounted within a brass-bound glazed case with specification plaque within -- 20¾ x 51 x 12in. (52.5 x 129.5 x 30.5cm.) overall
One of five in this class, Forel was built by the French yard of Normand and laid down in 1898, but was not completed until 1901. Fitted with four of Normand's own boilers, she had a distinctive outline with two funnel groups and could generate 5,200 horse power to make 26.5 knots at full speed. Displacing 312 tons and measuring 185ft 8in, she carried 1-11pdr, 5-3pdr guns and 2-15in. torpedo tubes on turrets. She was wrecked on 26th May, 1904, three months before the Russo-Japanese War started, and which sank two more of her sisters (Sterlyad and Oestr). The remaining two (Kefal and Losos) were scrapped in 1921.
the carved hull finished in red and black with planked decks, gratings, polished fittings and armament as appropriate, mast and rigging, mounted within a brass-bound glazed case with specification plaque within -- 20¾ x 51 x 12in. (52.5 x 129.5 x 30.5cm.) overall
One of five in this class, Forel was built by the French yard of Normand and laid down in 1898, but was not completed until 1901. Fitted with four of Normand's own boilers, she had a distinctive outline with two funnel groups and could generate 5,200 horse power to make 26.5 knots at full speed. Displacing 312 tons and measuring 185ft 8in, she carried 1-11pdr, 5-3pdr guns and 2-15in. torpedo tubes on turrets. She was wrecked on 26th May, 1904, three months before the Russo-Japanese War started, and which sank two more of her sisters (Sterlyad and Oestr). The remaining two (Kefal and Losos) were scrapped in 1921.
Sold for £2,480
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A WELL-PRESENTED AND DETAILED BUILDER'S-STYLE 1:48 SCALE MODEL OF THE RUSSIAN "VNIMATELNI" CLASS TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER FOREL (VNIMATELNI, 1900)
the carved hull finished in red and black with planked decks, gratings, polished fittings and armament as appropriate, mast and rigging, mounted within a brass-bound glazed case with specification plaque within -- 20¾ x 51 x 12in. (52.5 x 129.5 x 30.5cm.) overall
One of five in this class, Forel was built by the French yard of Normand and laid down in 1898, but was not completed until 1901. Fitted with four of Normand's own boilers, she had a distinctive outline with two funnel groups and could generate 5,200 horse power to make 26.5 knots at full speed. Displacing 312 tons and measuring 185ft 8in, she carried 1-11pdr, 5-3pdr guns and 2-15in. torpedo tubes on turrets. She was wrecked on 26th May, 1904, three months before the Russo-Japanese War started, and which sank two more of her sisters (Sterlyad and Oestr). The remaining two (Kefal and Losos) were scrapped in 1921.
the carved hull finished in red and black with planked decks, gratings, polished fittings and armament as appropriate, mast and rigging, mounted within a brass-bound glazed case with specification plaque within -- 20¾ x 51 x 12in. (52.5 x 129.5 x 30.5cm.) overall
One of five in this class, Forel was built by the French yard of Normand and laid down in 1898, but was not completed until 1901. Fitted with four of Normand's own boilers, she had a distinctive outline with two funnel groups and could generate 5,200 horse power to make 26.5 knots at full speed. Displacing 312 tons and measuring 185ft 8in, she carried 1-11pdr, 5-3pdr guns and 2-15in. torpedo tubes on turrets. She was wrecked on 26th May, 1904, three months before the Russo-Japanese War started, and which sank two more of her sisters (Sterlyad and Oestr). The remaining two (Kefal and Losos) were scrapped in 1921.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Popham), 29th Apr, 2009
