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Ardbeg(1855); Cargo vessel; Passenger/cargo vessel; Clipper
Scale: 1:48. A contemporary builder's half block model of the Ardbeg (1855), a clipper cargo ship. The backboard is inscribed "Model of the wood clipper ship `Ardbeg' classed 13 years A1 at Lloyd's 347 tons register built by Arch'd McMillan & Son dockyard Dumbarton 1855, this was the largest sailing ship built on the Clyde up to 1855.
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Object Details
| ID: | SLR0887 |
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| Collection: | Ship models |
| Type: | Half block model |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Ardbeg (1855) |
| Date made: | Circa 1855 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall model: 233 x 1284 x 100 mm; Backboard: 333 x 1442 x 16 mm |