Model No. 705: Columbia

Model No. 705


Model by: NGH
Made when: October 1898
Stated model scale: 1/32
Model length (ca.): 49.2" (124.9cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/32 (ca.): 131' 2" (40.0m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: America's Cup Defender
Hull Configuration: Keel
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room North Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
1 built, modeled by NGH
#499s Columbia (1899)

Original text on model:
"COLUMBIA 1898-99 Scale 3/8 Dinghy #48" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"89'9" lwl Columbia, keel cutter and America's Cup defender of 1899." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)


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