Model No. 700: Colonia

Model No. 700


Model by: NGH
Made when: December 1892 (ca.)
Stated model scale: 1/24
Model length (ca.): 60.2" (153.0cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/24 (ca.): 120' 6" (36.7m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: America's Cup Contender
Hull Configuration: Bulb
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room North Wall Right Door

Vessels from this model:
1 built, modeled by NGH
#435s Colonia (1893)

Original text on model:
"No. 435 COLONIA (Changed to CORONA) 1893 scale 1/2." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"85' lwl Colonia, keel cutter and America's Cup contender of 1893." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Model identification:
"See study model sequence 1116." (Source: Curator Herreshoff Marine Museum, 2004.)

Related model(s):
Model 0700 by NGH (1892?); #435s Colonia
Colonia: America's Cup Contender
Model 1116 by NGH (1892?); sail
Colonia (Study Model): America's Cup Contender



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