1st Nov, 2022 10:00

Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Gloriana)

 
  Lot 34
 

34

[M] A WHEEL HUB RECOVERED FROM THE IRON CLIPPER SMYRNA, 1876, WRECKED OFF THE ISLE OF WIGHT 1888

A WHEEL HUB RECOVERED FROM THE IRON CLIPPER SMYRNA, 1876, WRECKED OFF THE ISLE OF WIGHT 1888

cast in bronze with inset lettering reading WALTER HOOD & Co. SHIPBUILDERS ABERDEEN / SMYRNA / 1876 -- 18in. (46cm.) diameter

The iron clipper Smyrna was built by Walter Hood & Co -- the famous Aberdeen yard which had built Thermoplae a few years before -- for the Aberdeen White Star Line in 1876. Registerd at 1.372 tons with dimensions of 232.2 x 38.5 x 22.2 ft. she plied successful route carrying wool between London and Australia for several years including a crossing of just 96 days in 1887. The 28th April 1888 saw her off the Needles en route to Sydney when she collided with the S.S. Moto. The Captain and twelve crew drowned, the remaining seventeen were rescued by the steamship and landed at Southampton.


Condition Report

verdigris overall, structurally fine condition.

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A WHEEL HUB RECOVERED FROM THE IRON CLIPPER SMYRNA, 1876, WRECKED OFF THE ISLE OF WIGHT 1888

cast in bronze with inset lettering reading WALTER HOOD & Co. SHIPBUILDERS ABERDEEN / SMYRNA / 1876 -- 18in. (46cm.) diameter

The iron clipper Smyrna was built by Walter Hood & Co -- the famous Aberdeen yard which had built Thermoplae a few years before -- for the Aberdeen White Star Line in 1876. Registerd at 1.372 tons with dimensions of 232.2 x 38.5 x 22.2 ft. she plied successful route carrying wool between London and Australia for several years including a crossing of just 96 days in 1887. The 28th April 1888 saw her off the Needles en route to Sydney when she collided with the S.S. Moto. The Captain and twelve crew drowned, the remaining seventeen were rescued by the steamship and landed at Southampton.

Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Gloriana), 1st Nov, 2022

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Saleroom notice 

Order of Sale:

Mercantile (Sail & Yachting) 1-57B
Mercantile (Steam) 58-112
Naval (Sail) 115-202
Naval (Steam) 205-319
Navigational & Scientific Instruments 325-353

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