Model No. 15: Ballymena's Gig et al.

Model by: NGH
Made when: May 1888 (?)
Calculated model scale: 1/12
Model length (ca.): 21.0" (53.3cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/12 (ca.): 20' 12" (6.4m)
Power/Sail: P/S
Vessel Type: Power Launch (2); Four-Oared Yawlboat (3)
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room East Wall

Vessels from this model:
5 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"4 oared boat #151 BALLYMENA 1888 \ NEON 1903" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"#151 Gig for steam yacht Ballymena of 1888. Also power launch Neon." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Model discussion:
"May 21, 1888.
Small boats for st[eame]r No. 151 [#151p Ballymena].
Model 21" x 4 3/4" wide x 2" deep. Scale 1/12th.
Deduct in making frames for planking 3/8"
... for timbers 3/4"
[Total to be decucted] 1 1/8".
Frames spaced 12" for 24ft boat
Frames spaced 11 1/2" for 23ft boat
Frames spaced 11" for 22ft boat
Frames spaced 10 1/2" for 21ft boat
Frames spaced 10" for 20ft boat." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. [Pencilled note in Offset Booklet HH.4.020.2.] Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)

Comment:
"The offset book pertaining to this model is dated May 21, 1888, which date was also assumed as the date that this model was finished." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. July 14, 2014.)