Model No. 117: Avenger and Shimna

Model No. 117


Model by: NGH
Made when: January 1907
Stated model scale: 1/24
Model length (ca.): 37.2" (94.4cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/24 (ca.): 74' 4" (22.7m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: L-Boat
Hull Configuration: Keel
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room South Wall Left

Vessels from this model:
2 built, modeled by NGH
#666s Avenger (1907)
#694s Shimna [Shima, Shimma] (1910)

Original text on model:
"#666 Scale 1/24 for 48' rating January 1907 AVENGER
#694 SHIMNA 1909-1910" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"53' lwl Avenger and Shimna, keel cutters of 1907 & 1909." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)


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