Model No. 1902: Flying Cloud et al.

Model by: NGH
Made when: October 1910
Stated model scale: 1/24
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Cruising Sloop (1); Schooner (1); Aux. Schooner (1)
Hull Configuration: Keel
Model location: H.M.M. Workshop North Wall Right (above bookcase)

Vessels from this model:
3 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"FLYING CLOUD No. 703 Scale 1/2". Oct 1910.
HASWELL No. 743 Scale 1/2" Oct 1914 Ends carried out to 60 oa Schooner rig
MARY ROSE (954 ed) 1926 Ends carried out to 64' 10" oa, as in wax. Schooner. [Stored above bookcase]." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model discussion:
"Note: On account of the shrinkage and twisting of model since originally measured corrections on the scriveboard will have to be made when laying down the following measurements so to come to original lines." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael Greene. [Handwritten note relating to #743s Haswell and #954s Mary Rose in offset booklet HH.4.175 for model 1902.] August 4, 1914.)

Comment:
"Stored above bookcase [H.M.M. Workshop North Wall Right]." (Source: Curator Herreshoff Marine Museum, 2004.)
"Note wax additions at bow and stern, showing alterations for #743s Haswell and #954s Mary Rose. Compare also with construction plan 076-100 for Flying Cloud where these alterations (in pencil) can be faintly discerned." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 8, 2021.)