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Description: | A contemporary full hull model of the 'Lady Torfrida' (1890), a three-masted topsail schooner yacht, built at a scale of 1:48. The model, which is decked, equipped and rigged, was re-rigged in 1976 by Jim Lees. There are two identical plaques at each end of the base. They read: ?Auxiliary Steam Yacht/ ?Lady Torfrida?/ Length 157?-0?/ Breadth 27-0/ Depth Moulded 17-0/ Tonnage Y.M. 539 Tons/ Indicated Horse-Power 700/ Speed in Knots 11 �?.
This yacht was one of three of the same name that Sir William Pearce owned.
CA: AAB.
caption: 'Lady Torfrida', port broadside
caption: Lady Torfrida 1890
caption: Lady Torfrida 1890 - bow three quarter
caption: Lady Torfrida 1890 - stern quarter
caption: 'Lady Torfrida', port � bow
caption: 'Lady Torfrida', starboard stern quarter | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum Lady Torfrida (1890) full hull ship models Yachting | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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