Model No. 207: Thistle (former Wildfire Study Model)

Model by: NGH
Made when: November 1922
Model length (ca.): 40.4" (102.5cm)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Aux. Yawl
Hull Configuration: Keel
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room South Wall Center

Vessels from this model:
1 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"Study model for steel schooner [#892s WILDFIRE] for 64' rating 3"/8' Nov. 1922
Used for Com. Robert E. Tod's THISTLE No. ____ [1078] After slight changes and rail added. Scale (19/20 of 3/8"). Oct. 30, 1927
WL July 22, 1928 after cutting of lead to line shown
Full stores and crew on board
lead cut off to this line > July 21, 1928" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"71'6" lwl Thistle, riveted bronze yawl of 1928. Slight changes made from model." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Model identification:
"Compare with Model 207, a study model for a schooner of 64' rating (apparently #891s Wildfire) made in November 1922 which was eventually used for #1078 Thistle in 1928." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 14, 2022.)

Related model(s):
Model 0219 by NGH (1922); #891s Wildfire Model 0207 by NGH (1922); #1078s Thistle