Model No. 1108: R-Boat (Study Model C)
Model by: NGH
Made when: October 1920
Model length (ca.): 30.6" (77.7cm)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: R-Boat
Hull Configuration: Keel
Model location: H.M.M. Workshop South Wall Right
Original text on model:
"Study Model C. Class R
scale 3/4 x 15/16. Oct 26, 1920" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model identification:
"See penciled pantograph hull sections with tracing marks in Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum titled 'C [Model 1108]. From finished model. R class study model. Oct[ober] 36, 1920. 37ft 4in o.a. 26ft l.w.l. 24ft 8in q.b.l. Scale 3/4'. With calculations arriving at a total displacement of 186.5cuft [= 11936lbs]. This is related to one of several R-boat models made in October and November 1920 and to #192007es Unbuilt R-boat for George Nichols." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 22, 2019.)
Related model(s):
Model 1125 by NGH??? (1919); sail Model 1122 by NGH (1920?); sail Model 1130 by NGH (1920?); sail Model 1535 by NGH??? (1920?); sail Model 1115 by NGH (1920); sail, not built Model 1108 by NGH (1920); sail
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