12th Nov, 2024 10:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (GALATEA)
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[M] A RARE IMPERIAL GERMAN PORCELAIN PLAQUE DEPICTING THE ARMOURED CRUISER PRINZ ADALBERT, 1900
A RARE IMPERIAL GERMAN PORCELAIN PLAQUE DEPICTING THE ARMOURED CRUISER PRINZ ADALBERT, 1900
the moulded biscuitware plaque in green, with a white border and the highly detailed ship modelled in white -- 8 x 4½in. (20 x 11cm.)
Prinz Adalbert, named for the founder of the Prussian Navy, was an armoured cruiser of 9,050 tons laid down in 1900, launched in 1901 and completed in 1904. Served as a Gunnery Training School ship from 1904-14, but then put on active service in the Baltic until torpedoed by British submarine E9 off Danzig on 2nd July 1915. Repaired and returned to sea, she was targeted a second time on 23rd October (1915), but this time the torpedo detonated her ammunition magazines causing a massive explosion and the vessel’s rapid sinking. Only three men survived from the crew of 675 and was the worst German naval loss of the war in the Baltic.
Sold for £124
Estimated at £100 - £200
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A RARE IMPERIAL GERMAN PORCELAIN PLAQUE DEPICTING THE ARMOURED CRUISER PRINZ ADALBERT, 1900
the moulded biscuitware plaque in green, with a white border and the highly detailed ship modelled in white -- 8 x 4½in. (20 x 11cm.)
Prinz Adalbert, named for the founder of the Prussian Navy, was an armoured cruiser of 9,050 tons laid down in 1900, launched in 1901 and completed in 1904. Served as a Gunnery Training School ship from 1904-14, but then put on active service in the Baltic until torpedoed by British submarine E9 off Danzig on 2nd July 1915. Repaired and returned to sea, she was targeted a second time on 23rd October (1915), but this time the torpedo detonated her ammunition magazines causing a massive explosion and the vessel’s rapid sinking. Only three men survived from the crew of 675 and was the worst German naval loss of the war in the Baltic.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (GALATEA), 12th Nov, 2024
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Order of Sale:
Mercantile Sail 1-57
Yachting 59-78
Mercantile Steam 79-174
Naval Sail 175-252
Naval Steam 253-343
Navigation & Scientific Instruments 345-376
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