Model No. 8: Delight
Model by: NGH
Made when: December 1907
Stated model scale: 1/12
Model length (ca.): 27.6" (70.1cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/12 (ca.): 27' 7" (8.4m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: S-Boat
Hull Configuration: Keel
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room East Wall
Vessels from this model:
1 built, modeled by NGH
Original text on model:
"15' class Dec. 1907 scale 1/12 #679 DELIGHT HOURI" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model description:
"#679 Delight, 19'3" lwl sloop of 1908." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)
Related model(s):
Model Ext05 by NGH (1911); sail Model 0008 by NGH (1907); #679s Delight
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