Model No. 517: Ibis Jr. et al.

Model No. 517


Model by: NGH
Made when: September 1878 (?)
Calculated model scale: 1/12
Model length (ca.): 29.7" (75.5cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/12 (ca.): 29' 9" (9.1m)
Power/Sail: P
Vessel Type: Steam Launch
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room West Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
4 built, modeled by NGH
#45p Ibis Jr. [Launch for St. Y. Ibis or Leila?] (1878)
#47p Gymnotus (1878)
#48p [Steam Launch] (1879)
#67p [Harvard Coaching Launch] (1880)

Original text on model:
"No. 45 IBIS Jr.
No. 47 GYMNOTUS
No. 67 40' Harvard row a.s." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"30' loa Ibis Jr. and Gymnotus, steam launches of 1878; with scale change, 40' loa steam coaching launch of 1880." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)


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