1st May, 2018 11:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Britannia')
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[M] THE LAUNCHING CASKET FOR H.M. TORPEDO GUNBOAT...
THE LAUNCHING CASKET FOR H.M. TORPEDO GUNBOAT HUSSAR, DEVONPORT DOCKYARD, JULY 3RD, 1894
carved with decorative roundels, the lid inscribed H.M.S. Hussar and lined with glazed watercolour of the ship with her specifications, designer, builders and launching dedication to Miss Osborn, the plush-lined base with fitted supports for carved ceremonial mallet and chisel - 7¼ x 13¾ x 9¾in. (18.5 x 35 x 24.7cm.); together with a manuscript list of Devonport launch dates between 10.3.1887-18.10.1899 and the lady invited to launch vessels; and a photocopy of the Military Record describing Hussar and her launch.
(3)
One of five 'Dryad' class torpedo gunboats, they were essentially enlarged 'Alarm' class vessels and retained the same slightly eccentric profile with wide-apart funnels and raised forecastles. Displacing 1070 tons, they measured 250 x 30½ft and were manned by 120 officers and crew. Armed with five 18in. torpedo tubes, a quick firing gun, one 6pdr and two 12pdrs, she could steam at a slightly stately 19¼kts at a time Thornycroft was already producing thirty-knotters. Serving as part of the International Squadron at Malta until 1905, in 1898 she embarked the final Ottoman forces in Crete after the Christian uprising of 1897-8, removing them to Salonica. In 1907 she had her armament removed and she served as a yacht and dispatch vessel for the Royal Navy's Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean. In 1914 she was converted to a minesweeper and served at Gallipoli. She was broken up at Malta in 1921.
carved with decorative roundels, the lid inscribed H.M.S. Hussar and lined with glazed watercolour of the ship with her specifications, designer, builders and launching dedication to Miss Osborn, the plush-lined base with fitted supports for carved ceremonial mallet and chisel - 7¼ x 13¾ x 9¾in. (18.5 x 35 x 24.7cm.); together with a manuscript list of Devonport launch dates between 10.3.1887-18.10.1899 and the lady invited to launch vessels; and a photocopy of the Military Record describing Hussar and her launch.
(3)
One of five 'Dryad' class torpedo gunboats, they were essentially enlarged 'Alarm' class vessels and retained the same slightly eccentric profile with wide-apart funnels and raised forecastles. Displacing 1070 tons, they measured 250 x 30½ft and were manned by 120 officers and crew. Armed with five 18in. torpedo tubes, a quick firing gun, one 6pdr and two 12pdrs, she could steam at a slightly stately 19¼kts at a time Thornycroft was already producing thirty-knotters. Serving as part of the International Squadron at Malta until 1905, in 1898 she embarked the final Ottoman forces in Crete after the Christian uprising of 1897-8, removing them to Salonica. In 1907 she had her armament removed and she served as a yacht and dispatch vessel for the Royal Navy's Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean. In 1914 she was converted to a minesweeper and served at Gallipoli. She was broken up at Malta in 1921.
Sold for £744
Estimated at £600 - £800
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
THE LAUNCHING CASKET FOR H.M. TORPEDO GUNBOAT HUSSAR, DEVONPORT DOCKYARD, JULY 3RD, 1894
carved with decorative roundels, the lid inscribed H.M.S. Hussar and lined with glazed watercolour of the ship with her specifications, designer, builders and launching dedication to Miss Osborn, the plush-lined base with fitted supports for carved ceremonial mallet and chisel - 7¼ x 13¾ x 9¾in. (18.5 x 35 x 24.7cm.); together with a manuscript list of Devonport launch dates between 10.3.1887-18.10.1899 and the lady invited to launch vessels; and a photocopy of the Military Record describing Hussar and her launch.
(3)
One of five 'Dryad' class torpedo gunboats, they were essentially enlarged 'Alarm' class vessels and retained the same slightly eccentric profile with wide-apart funnels and raised forecastles. Displacing 1070 tons, they measured 250 x 30½ft and were manned by 120 officers and crew. Armed with five 18in. torpedo tubes, a quick firing gun, one 6pdr and two 12pdrs, she could steam at a slightly stately 19¼kts at a time Thornycroft was already producing thirty-knotters. Serving as part of the International Squadron at Malta until 1905, in 1898 she embarked the final Ottoman forces in Crete after the Christian uprising of 1897-8, removing them to Salonica. In 1907 she had her armament removed and she served as a yacht and dispatch vessel for the Royal Navy's Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean. In 1914 she was converted to a minesweeper and served at Gallipoli. She was broken up at Malta in 1921.
carved with decorative roundels, the lid inscribed H.M.S. Hussar and lined with glazed watercolour of the ship with her specifications, designer, builders and launching dedication to Miss Osborn, the plush-lined base with fitted supports for carved ceremonial mallet and chisel - 7¼ x 13¾ x 9¾in. (18.5 x 35 x 24.7cm.); together with a manuscript list of Devonport launch dates between 10.3.1887-18.10.1899 and the lady invited to launch vessels; and a photocopy of the Military Record describing Hussar and her launch.
(3)
One of five 'Dryad' class torpedo gunboats, they were essentially enlarged 'Alarm' class vessels and retained the same slightly eccentric profile with wide-apart funnels and raised forecastles. Displacing 1070 tons, they measured 250 x 30½ft and were manned by 120 officers and crew. Armed with five 18in. torpedo tubes, a quick firing gun, one 6pdr and two 12pdrs, she could steam at a slightly stately 19¼kts at a time Thornycroft was already producing thirty-knotters. Serving as part of the International Squadron at Malta until 1905, in 1898 she embarked the final Ottoman forces in Crete after the Christian uprising of 1897-8, removing them to Salonica. In 1907 she had her armament removed and she served as a yacht and dispatch vessel for the Royal Navy's Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean. In 1914 she was converted to a minesweeper and served at Gallipoli. She was broken up at Malta in 1921.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Britannia'), 1st May, 2018
