Model No. 500: Ballymena

Model by: NGH
Made when: February 1888
Calculated model scale: 1/24
Model length (ca.): 74.3" (188.7cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/24 (ca.): 148' 7" (45.3m)
Power/Sail: P
Vessel Type: Steam Yacht
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room West Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
1 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"No. 151 BALLYMENA." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"145' loa Ballymena, clipper-bow steam yacht of 1888 and HMCo's first big steel-hulled vessel." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Model discussion:
"[1888-02-02] Thu 2: Very fine day. Ice boating good. Began model [Model 500] for st[eame]r 151 [#151p Ballymena]." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1888. Manuscript (excerpts). Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection.)

Model identification:
"Compare models 500, 1416 and 1417, all models for #151p Ballymena, with no. 500 being the one that was built from." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. 2008.)

Related model(s):
Model 0500 by NGH (1888); #151p Ballymena
Model 1416 by NGH (1888); power Model 1417 by NGH (1888); power