Model No. 429: Kid et al.

Model No. 429


Model by: NGH
Made when: December 1890 (ca.)
Calculated model scale: 1/12
Model length (ca.): 21.7" (55.2cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/12 (ca.): 21' 9" (6.6m)
Power/Sail: P
Vessel Type: Steam Launch
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room West Wall Left

Vessels from this model:
2 built, modeled by NGH
#169p Kid (1891)
#180p [Launch for St. Y. Thespia] (1894)

Original text on model:
"KID 1891 scale 1" = 1'" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"22' kerosene powered launch Kid of 1891." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Comment:
"Reference to #180p Steam Launch for St. Y. Thespia was added because its construction plan, suitable lengthened but not widened, provides a perfect match with Kid's construction plan." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. April 1, 2021.)


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