Model No. 507: Alerion I and Anoatok

Model No. 507


Model by: NGH
Made when: November 1893
Model length (ca.): 46.3" (117.5cm)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Fin Keel
Hull Configuration: Fin Keel
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room West Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
2 built, modeled by NGH
#439s Alerion I (1894)
#449s Anoatok (1895)

Original text on model:
"Made Nov. 1. 32' 7" WL MERMAID 439 ALERION (ALERION No. 449 30' WL George Owen - MEMORY)" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"32' lwl Alerion & 30' lwl 30' lwl Anoatok, fin keel sloops of 1893 & 1894. (This Alerion is the first of NGH's three sloops of that name.)" (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Model identification:
"NGH's design book entry of November 2, 1893 suggests that at least two models were made for Alerion I, one on October 27, 1893, and one on November 1, 1893." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. September 29, 2014.)


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