Model No. 226: Dorothy Q. et al.

Model by: NGH
Made when: September 1906
Model length (ca.): 45.1" (114.5cm)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Q-Boat (2); P-Boat (1)
Hull Configuration: Keel
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room South Wall Center

Vessels from this model:
3 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"1907 #668 with original bow, scale length 5/8 of 1/12 breadth draft 15/16 of 1/12 frame space 10" DOROTHY Q
#669 with long bow ditto long under breadth, draft, frame space, ELEANOR
#670 with long bow dittos under all except scale 1/12 breadth and draft 13/12 of 1/12 frame space 10 1/2" SENECCA" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"26'6" lwl Dorothy Q, Q-class sloop of 1907. Also, with longer bow, 27' lwl Q-class sloop Eleanor and, with change in scale, 32'4" lwl P-class sloop Seneca, both of 1907." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Comment:
"On the pantograph hull sections for #668s Dorothy Q NGH notes that this model was the 1st and unused model for the New York 57 class made on September 23, 1906. He first changed its keel for Dorothy Q and subsequently also sawed off its bow and fitted a much longer one for #669s Eleanor which had been contracted for on the same day as Dorothy Q. The old bow can still be inspected on top of the model. The new long bow resulted in a hollow forward deckline and exploited a loophole in NGH's own Universal Rule. For his subsequent Q- and P-boats NGH would continue to exploit this loophole, resulting in ever longer and heavier boats and culminating in #709s Joyant, nicknamed 'Joyant the giant'. The ensuing measuring scandal involving Joyant and #708s Corinthian resulted in a change in the Universal Rule and forbade hollow forward decklines, much to the dismay of NGH who argued it should have been changed in a way that did not overly restrict innovation." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. December 5, 2021.)