29th Apr, 2009 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Popham)
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[M] A DETAILED AND WELL-PRESENTED 32':1" SCALE...
A DETAILED AND WELL-PRESENTED 32':1" SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE UNION-CASTLE MAIL STEAMSHIP BRAEMAR CASTLE [1898]
modelled by R.A. Wilson with carved hull, planked decks with detailed fittings and superstructure, masts with full suit of lined paper sails, and other details, set in an undulating moulded and painted seascape within plexi-glazed wooden case with plate -- 7¼ x 22 x 7in. (18.5 x 56 x 18cm.) overall. Carry box; historical notes
Completed in July 1898 by Barclay, Curle & Co of Glasgow for the Castle Line, Braemar Castle registered 6,266 gross tons and was 450ft long with a 52.2ft beam. The last single screw ship built for the company, she made a respectable 15 knots and had accommodation for 60-1st and 120-2nd class passengers. Transferred into the newly merged Union-Castle Line in 1900, she became a troopship in 1909 and a 421 bed hospital ship in 1915. Mined in 1916, she was repaired and was stationed at Murmansk during the Russian Civil War. During her time as a hospital ship, she carried an amazing 2,655,000 patients. She was sold for £17,500 for scrapping in 1924.
modelled by R.A. Wilson with carved hull, planked decks with detailed fittings and superstructure, masts with full suit of lined paper sails, and other details, set in an undulating moulded and painted seascape within plexi-glazed wooden case with plate -- 7¼ x 22 x 7in. (18.5 x 56 x 18cm.) overall. Carry box; historical notes
Completed in July 1898 by Barclay, Curle & Co of Glasgow for the Castle Line, Braemar Castle registered 6,266 gross tons and was 450ft long with a 52.2ft beam. The last single screw ship built for the company, she made a respectable 15 knots and had accommodation for 60-1st and 120-2nd class passengers. Transferred into the newly merged Union-Castle Line in 1900, she became a troopship in 1909 and a 421 bed hospital ship in 1915. Mined in 1916, she was repaired and was stationed at Murmansk during the Russian Civil War. During her time as a hospital ship, she carried an amazing 2,655,000 patients. She was sold for £17,500 for scrapping in 1924.
Sold for £744
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A DETAILED AND WELL-PRESENTED 32':1" SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE UNION-CASTLE MAIL STEAMSHIP BRAEMAR CASTLE [1898]
modelled by R.A. Wilson with carved hull, planked decks with detailed fittings and superstructure, masts with full suit of lined paper sails, and other details, set in an undulating moulded and painted seascape within plexi-glazed wooden case with plate -- 7¼ x 22 x 7in. (18.5 x 56 x 18cm.) overall. Carry box; historical notes
Completed in July 1898 by Barclay, Curle & Co of Glasgow for the Castle Line, Braemar Castle registered 6,266 gross tons and was 450ft long with a 52.2ft beam. The last single screw ship built for the company, she made a respectable 15 knots and had accommodation for 60-1st and 120-2nd class passengers. Transferred into the newly merged Union-Castle Line in 1900, she became a troopship in 1909 and a 421 bed hospital ship in 1915. Mined in 1916, she was repaired and was stationed at Murmansk during the Russian Civil War. During her time as a hospital ship, she carried an amazing 2,655,000 patients. She was sold for £17,500 for scrapping in 1924.
modelled by R.A. Wilson with carved hull, planked decks with detailed fittings and superstructure, masts with full suit of lined paper sails, and other details, set in an undulating moulded and painted seascape within plexi-glazed wooden case with plate -- 7¼ x 22 x 7in. (18.5 x 56 x 18cm.) overall. Carry box; historical notes
Completed in July 1898 by Barclay, Curle & Co of Glasgow for the Castle Line, Braemar Castle registered 6,266 gross tons and was 450ft long with a 52.2ft beam. The last single screw ship built for the company, she made a respectable 15 knots and had accommodation for 60-1st and 120-2nd class passengers. Transferred into the newly merged Union-Castle Line in 1900, she became a troopship in 1909 and a 421 bed hospital ship in 1915. Mined in 1916, she was repaired and was stationed at Murmansk during the Russian Civil War. During her time as a hospital ship, she carried an amazing 2,655,000 patients. She was sold for £17,500 for scrapping in 1924.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Popham), 29th Apr, 2009
