Model No. 400: Lightning

Model No. 400


Model by: NGH
Made when: November 1875 (?)
Stated model scale: 1/12
Model length (ca.): 57.7" (146.6cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/12 (ca.): 57' 8" (17.6m)
Power/Sail: P
Vessel Type: Navy Steam Torpedo Boat
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room West Wall Left

Vessels from this model:
1 built, modeled by NGH
#20p Lightning (1876)

Original text on model:
"#20 LIGHTNING Scale 1/12" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"57' loa Lightning, wooden hulled spar torpedo boat of 1876, built by JBH." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)


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