24th Nov, 2020 10:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Venerable)
179
[M] THE LAUNCHING SET FOR H.M.S. 'SANS PAREIL' (1851)
THE LAUNCHING SET FOR H.M.S. SANS PAREIL (1851)
comprising an etched chisel inscribed SANS PAREIL Launched 18 March 1851 / SOPHIA GAGE, and a mallet, contained in original fitted box with manuscript specifications pasted to the base, together with a ticket for 'Seat No. 1.' to the launch -- 10¾in. (27.5cm.) wide; together with some historical data
(a lot)
Named after her famous predecessor captured at the Battle of the Glorious First of June 1794, the second Sans Pareil was a wooden 2nd rate of 70 guns, converted to steam on the stocks and launched at Devonport Dockyard by the Port Admiral Sir William Hall Gage's daughter. Displacing 3,800 tons and measuring 200 feet in length, she was commissioned in June 1852 and sent to serve with the Mediterranean fleet under Capt. Dacres. Transferred to the Black Sea fleet in 1854, she participated in the first Bombardment of Sebastopol on 17th October 1854, thereafter serving as a munitions ship and latterly on the China and East Indies stations, she was sold for breaking in March 1867.
Sold for £372
Estimated at £300 - £500
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
THE LAUNCHING SET FOR H.M.S. SANS PAREIL (1851)
comprising an etched chisel inscribed SANS PAREIL Launched 18 March 1851 / SOPHIA GAGE, and a mallet, contained in original fitted box with manuscript specifications pasted to the base, together with a ticket for 'Seat No. 1.' to the launch -- 10¾in. (27.5cm.) wide; together with some historical data
(a lot)
Named after her famous predecessor captured at the Battle of the Glorious First of June 1794, the second Sans Pareil was a wooden 2nd rate of 70 guns, converted to steam on the stocks and launched at Devonport Dockyard by the Port Admiral Sir William Hall Gage's daughter. Displacing 3,800 tons and measuring 200 feet in length, she was commissioned in June 1852 and sent to serve with the Mediterranean fleet under Capt. Dacres. Transferred to the Black Sea fleet in 1854, she participated in the first Bombardment of Sebastopol on 17th October 1854, thereafter serving as a munitions ship and latterly on the China and East Indies stations, she was sold for breaking in March 1867.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Venerable), 24th Nov, 2020
Mercantile : 1-98
Naval : 101-179
Instruments : 181-295
Printed catalogues available at £20 (+P&P)
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