A FINE HALF-BLOCK BUILDER'S MODEL OF THE COMPOSITE FULL
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A FINE HALF-BLOCK BUILDER'S MODEL OF THE COMPOSITE FULLY RIGGED SHIP CITY OF HANKOW, BUILT BY ALEXANDER STEPHENS & SONS FOR GEORGE SMITH & SONS, 1869
constructed in ½in. laminated 'bread and butter' sections with black topsides and stencilled data amidships, mounted on mahogany display board with hooks and inset plate stencilled with yard details, overall measurements -- 12 x 68in. (30.5 x 173cm.)
She was sold to G.J. Robertson of Sydney in 1900, and then to the Royal Australian Navy in 1913 for use as a coal hulk, and was finally sunk as a target in 1932 by H.M.A.S. Albatross.
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constructed in ½in. laminated 'bread and butter' sections with black topsides and stencilled data amidships, mounted on mahogany display board with hooks and inset plate stencilled with yard details, overall measurements -- 12 x 68in. (30.5 x 173cm.)
She was sold to G.J. Robertson of Sydney in 1900, and then to the Royal Australian Navy in 1913 for use as a coal hulk, and was finally sunk as a target in 1932 by H.M.A.S. Albatross.
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A FINE HALF-BLOCK BUILDER'S MODEL OF THE COMPOSITE FULL
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