29th Apr, 2009 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Popham)
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[M] AN INTERESTING MODEL OF THE BULGARIAN TORPEDO...
AN INTERESTING MODEL OF THE BULGARIAN TORPEDO BOAT LEVSKI (EX-RUSSIAN BYCHOK, 1877)
modelled with a carved hull, polished brass fittings including two boom-mounted torpedoes and a quick-firing gun, divided rudder for propeller shaft with two-bladed propeller, mounted on a small granite base -- 8 x 27½in. (20 x 70cm.) overall
Transferred from the Russian navy in 1884, Levski was used as a patrol boat during the Second Balkan and First World Wars. Shortened and re-built with a gasoline engine, she was finally broken up in 1938 after sixty-one years of service.
modelled with a carved hull, polished brass fittings including two boom-mounted torpedoes and a quick-firing gun, divided rudder for propeller shaft with two-bladed propeller, mounted on a small granite base -- 8 x 27½in. (20 x 70cm.) overall
Transferred from the Russian navy in 1884, Levski was used as a patrol boat during the Second Balkan and First World Wars. Shortened and re-built with a gasoline engine, she was finally broken up in 1938 after sixty-one years of service.
Sold for £496
Estimated at £400 - £600
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
AN INTERESTING MODEL OF THE BULGARIAN TORPEDO BOAT LEVSKI (EX-RUSSIAN BYCHOK, 1877)
modelled with a carved hull, polished brass fittings including two boom-mounted torpedoes and a quick-firing gun, divided rudder for propeller shaft with two-bladed propeller, mounted on a small granite base -- 8 x 27½in. (20 x 70cm.) overall
Transferred from the Russian navy in 1884, Levski was used as a patrol boat during the Second Balkan and First World Wars. Shortened and re-built with a gasoline engine, she was finally broken up in 1938 after sixty-one years of service.
modelled with a carved hull, polished brass fittings including two boom-mounted torpedoes and a quick-firing gun, divided rudder for propeller shaft with two-bladed propeller, mounted on a small granite base -- 8 x 27½in. (20 x 70cm.) overall
Transferred from the Russian navy in 1884, Levski was used as a patrol boat during the Second Balkan and First World Wars. Shortened and re-built with a gasoline engine, she was finally broken up in 1938 after sixty-one years of service.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Popham), 29th Apr, 2009
