Model No. 423: Launch for Electra et al.

Model by: NGH
Made when: September 1884 (?)
Model length (ca.): 27.3" (69.3cm)
Power/Sail: P
Vessel Type: Steam Launch (12); High Speed Steam Launch (7); Power Towboat (1)
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room West Wall Left

Vessels from this model:
20 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"117 27' ELECTRA
119 35 x 7' 6" ATALANTA
129 33.6 by 5.6 REPUBLIC
130 22.6 by 5.6 ELECTRA
133 48 by 7.6 HENRIETTA
134 27 by 6.4 launch
136
138 27 by 6.4 J. E. WARD
139 48 by 7.6 LOTUS SEEKER
153 48 by 7.6 MADGE
154 48 by 7.6 DAWN
156 48 by 7.6 ANTOINETTE
157 48 by 7.6 AQUILA
165 27 by 6.4 KATYDID
168 48 by 7.6 MISSISQUOI beneath VAMOOSE
177 [should be 176] 27 by 6.4 for Mass. School ship THESPIA [sic, i.e. U.S.S. Enterprise]
197 [should be 196] 26 by 6.3 fish commission ALBATROSS" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"27' steam launch of 1884 for the steam yacht Electra. Others built over the next two decades, with change of scale, as small as 22' and as large as the seven 48' loa steam yachts Henrietta, Lotus Seeker, Madge, Dawn, Antoinette, Aquilla, and Missisquoi." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Comment:
"#177p Vanish was added to the list of vessels built from this model because of identical dimensions and type of propulsion as other vessels built from this model." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. 2008.)
"Vamoose's name appears to be listed on the back of model no. 423 but this is quite certainly in error. For more information see model comments for #168p Vamoose or comments for model 110." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. November 4, 2014.)