Isolde
Scale:Unknown. A half block design model of the 40 rater racing yacht Isolde (1895). The hull is made from horizontal wooden planks constructed in bread and butter fashion and is painted a metallic copper colour below the waterline with white topsides above to the level of the deck. The convex-shaped bow is fitted with a stump bowsprit whilst the long overhanging counter stern finishes to a small angled transom. There is a single stump mast mounted on deck indicating a cutter rig. The whole model is mounted on a wooden varnished/polished rectangular backboard with moulded edges to which is fixed a plaque.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR0175 |
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Collection: | Ship models |
Type: | Half block model |
Display location: | Not on display |
Vessels: | Isolde 1895 |
Date made: | Circa 1895 |
People: | Fife, Junior, William |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall model: 214 x 888 x 80 mm; Backboard: 271 x 997 x 18 mm |