Model No. 1111: Deep Sea Cruiser III

Model by: NGH
Made when: April 1936 (ca.)
Stated model scale: 1/96
Model length (ca.): 18.6" (47.2cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/96 (ca.): 148' 8" (45.3m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Schooner
Hull Configuration: Centerboard
Model location: H.M.M. Workshop South Wall Right

Original text on model:
"1' 6" bullwark. For a C.B. schooner ketch at scale 1/96 inch intended for Deep-sea cruising yacht on your life research. Length o.a. 140', w.l. 108 1/2', Beam 28', Draft with 1' 3" keel 9' 6". Displ. 332 gross tons. Displ. = 11560 cu. ft. Area [midships section] = 161 sq. ft. (Cube root Displ.) / lwl = 20.8%. Coef of fineness = 108.5 x 161 / 11560 = 66.3% [Model marked] III." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model identification:
"See model sequence 29, 1120, 1134." (Source: Curator Herreshoff Marine Museum, 2004.)

Related model(s):
Model 0029 by NGH (1936); sail, not built Model 1111 by NGH (1936?); sail, not built
Model 1120 by NGH (1936?); sail, not built Model 1134 by NGH (1936?); sail, not built

Note: Vessels that appear in the records as not built, a cancelled contract, a study model, or as a model sailboat are listed but not counted in the list of vessels built from a model.