Model No. 1800: Javelin (1890)

Model by: NGH
Made when: July 1890 (ca.)
Stated model scale: 1/24
Model length (ca.): 44.9" (114.0cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/24 (ca.): 89' 9" (27.4m)
Power/Sail: P
Vessel Type: High Speed Steam Yacht
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room South Wall Door

Vessels from this model:
1 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"#164 JAVELIN
scale 1/2" = 1' " (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"98' loa Javelin, high speed steam yacht of 1890 [sic, i.e. 1891]." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Comment:
"Above glass doors [H.M.M. Model Room South Wall Door]." (Source: Curator Herreshoff Marine Museum, 2004.)

"Judging from its dimensions, this model apparently represents the initial design for a 89ft 6in high speed steamer as shown on plan 004-045 of January 24, 1891, rather the 98ft LOA steamer that was eventually built." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. June 25, 2021.)