Model No. 405: Navy Launch

Model No. 405


Model by: NGH
Made when: December 1879
Model length (ca.): 36.5" (92.6cm)
Power/Sail: P
Vessel Type: Steam Launch
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room West Wall Left

Vessels from this model:
8 built, modeled by NGH
#62p [Launch for U.S. Navy] (1880)
#63p [Launch for U.S.S. Tennessee] (1880)
#80p [Launch for British Navy] (1881)
#81p [Launch for British Navy] (1881)
#82p Cygnet (1882)
#111p [Launch for U.S.S. Hartford] (1884)
#115p [Launch for U.S.S. Boston] (1884)
#132p [Launch for U.S.S. Atlanta] (1886)

Original text on model:
"62 33' USN
63 33' USN
80 33' British Navy
81 33' British Navy
82 33' USN
111 33' HARTFORD USN
115 33' BOSTON USN
132 33' ATLANTA USN" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"33'1" loa steam launch of 1880. Seven others were built, all used as tenders for naval vessels." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)


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