[M] A BUILDER'S MODEL OF THE HOLLAND-AMERIKA LINE PASSENGER/CARGO SHIP M.V. SLOTERDYK, BUILT BY ODENSE STAALSKIBS, 1940 AND USED AS A TROOP TRANSPORT DURING WORLD WAR II

A BUILDER'S MODEL OF THE HOLLAND-AMERIKA LINE PASSENGER/CARGO SHIP M.V. SLOTERDYK, BUILT BY ODENSE STAALSKIBS, 1940 AND USED AS A TROOP TRANSPORT DURING WORLD WAR II

the laminated and carved hull with gilt propeller, Plymsol marks, lacquered and lined decks, full painted fittings and superstructure as appropriate, liveried funnel, masts with rigged derricks, lifeboats in davits, stern with awning stanchions, mounted on two columns within glazed wooden case. Overall measurements -- 23½ x 64½ x 12½in. (59.5 x 164 x 31.5cm.)

Launched as M.V. Sloterdijk, she served much of the war as a troop carrier for U.S. troops. Returning to her peacetime commercial role her name was Anglicized to Sloterdyk in 1954. She was broken up at Bilbao in 1966.

This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road

Condition Report
Model is for the Holland-Amerika Line and not Hamburg-Amerika as stated.

Good overall condition, but missing builder's plate which was presumably removed when the name was changed in 1954 - witness holes in the base suggest where it was located.

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