A DETAILED CONTEMPORARY SCALE MODEL FOR H.M.PADDLE TUG ESCORT, CIRCA 1896

carved and painted hull with scored decking with polychromed wood and metal fittings as appropriate, twin stayed funnels, central panelled bridge and over-bridge, paddle boxes with fret-cut tops and feathering paddles, forward mast with standing and running rigging and other details, mounted on raised launching blocks within contemporary ebonised case with plate inscribed to front Paddle Tug "Escort" H.M. Dockyard Devonport Fawcett Builders, 1896 -- overall 14 x 26¼ x 8½in. (36 x 66.5 x 21.5cm.)

The iron paddle tug Escort (525 tons) was built by Fawcett of Preston, launched 28th July, 1896, and sold to J.A. White for breaking on 31st May, 1922.