Model No. 1313: Olita Preliminary Model

Model by: NGH
Made when: May 1895
Calculated model scale: 1/12
Model length (ca.): 19.6" (49.7cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/12 (ca.): 19' 7" (6.0m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Half-rater
Hull Configuration: Centerboard
Model location: H.M.M. Workshop West Wall Right

Original text on model:
"May 31, 1895 Not used
15' wl = 1065 lb disp." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"Preliminary model for 15' lwl Olita, 1/2-rater sloop of 1895." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 27, 2009.)

Model identification:
"Newly identified model. This model was made on the same day that #455s Olita was contracted for. Its dimensions and calculated displacement suggests a vessel of the same size as Olita. Olita's model no. 223 was created three days later, on June 3, 1895." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. 2008.)

Related model(s):
Model 0223 by NGH (1895); sail, 2 built from Model 1313 by NGH (1895); sail