Model No. 1319: Fiftyfive-Rater

Model by: NGH
Made when: October 1911
Stated model scale: 1/24
Model length (ca.): 38.1" (96.9cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/24 (ca.): 76' 4" (23.3m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Sloop
Model location: H.M.M. Workshop West Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
0 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"Model made in 1911 for British 55 rating. 53 LWL scale 1/2"
Measured off. Nov 1926 for proposed 55[?] ft. class at Scale 25/24 of measurements" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model discussion:
"[1926-10-18] Mon 18: Cold with N to SE [wind]. At work yesterday & today at sailplan & c. for 55' w.l. class that is proposed and headed by Harold Vanderbilt.
[1926-10-27] Wed 27: Fair & cold. At work on getting ready to measure off model for 52' w.l. sloop made in 1911, and no[w] proposed to be used for 55' class for H. S. Vanderbilt & others.
[1926-10-30] Sat 30: [Thermometer] 45 - 58. Calm a.m. & clear. Over cast p.m. with lt. S [wind]. Char[les] Nystrom back from N.Y. and didnot succeed in closing orders for 55ft class." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1926. Manuscript (excerpts). Access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)

Model identification:
"Newly identified model. This model was made in 1911 for a 55-rater for George A. Baker Jr. to be taken to England and re-used by NGH in 1927 for a 55ft LWL class for Harold Vanderbilt and others that was not built." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. November 16, 2014.)

Related model(s):
Model 1319 by NGH (1911); sail, not built
Model 1310 by NGH (1911); sail, not built

Note: Vessels that appear in the records as not built, a cancelled contract, a study model, or as a model sailboat are listed but not counted in the list of vessels built from a model.