Model No. 1431: Augusta (1888) et al.

Model by: NGH
Made when: September 1888
Stated model scale: 1/24
Model length (ca.): 66.5" (169.0cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/24 (ca.): 133' 1" (40.6m)
Power/Sail: P
Vessel Type: Steam Yacht
Model location: H.M.M. Workshop North Wall Left b

Vessels from this model:
3 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"#155 AUGUSTA 2nd 1889 scale 1/2"per ft #172 TRUANT steel
#181 DUQUESNE 1895 Breadth 15' 6" Depth 8' 6" " (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model discussion:
"Nov[ember] 14th, 1888.
St[eame]r no. 155.
Length overall 131' [sic, 141' 7 1/2" as per Construction Record].
Beam 17' 7 1/2".
Depth [blank].
Scale of model 1/2" = 1ft = 1/24th.
Painted waterline 6' 0" above base line at both ends.
Frame spaces 20". Zero of frame spaces at cutwater 5' above base line.
Frames 2 1/2 x x 5/16 steel angles planking[?].
Deduct for planking in laying down 2"." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. [Pencilled note in Offset Booklet HH.4.022.] Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)

Comment:
"See also NGH design booklet entry dated November 1888 'Weighing Str. #155's model to w.l. paralell to base line and 4ft 9in, 5ft 0in, 5ft 6in & 6ft 0in above it to determine disp. curve and change in fore and aft position. ... Scale of model 1/24. ...'." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. September 16, 2014.)