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Description: | Scale: 1:48. One of the latest examples of a shipbuilder?s model in the Museum?s collection traditionally made to a high standard despite its recent date of manufacture. The quality of the paintwork and attention to detail, in particular, is very good. It retains its original case with ?speedframe? joints. The model of the ?Londonderry? (1960) was made and presented to the Museum by the builders of the actual ship, J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd.
The ?Rothesay? class was a large class of frigates, nine of which were built by various yards in the UK for the Royal Navy and a further 11 for the Australian, New Zealand and South African navies, built by UK and Australian yards. These very sleek looking beasts were 110 metres (360 feet) in length and capable of a service speed of 30 knots. Their armament included a quadruple Seacat missile launcher, anti-aircraft guns and a Limbo three-barrelled depth charge mortar. ?Londonderry? was sunk as an object of target practice on 25 June 1989.
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caption: HMS 'Londonderry' (1958) - starboard broadside
caption: HMS 'Londonderry' (1958) - port three quarter view
caption: HMS 'Londonderry' (1958) - starboard quarter view
caption: HMS 'Londonderry' (1958) - stern deck detail
caption: HMS 'Londonderry' (1958) - midship tower detail
caption: HMS 'Londonderry' (1958) -stern hull detail | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich John Samuel White and Co. Ltd Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum full hull ship models Londonderry 1960 | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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