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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A contemporary half block model of HMS Himalaya (1853), a steam troopship (Naval auxiliary).
Plaque inscribed "222 Himalaya - 6 guns - 1853 built at Blackwall for P&O Company and bought in 1854. An iron, screw troopship. Dimensions: - 340ft. 5in. Beam 46ft. 1 3/4in. Speed 12 3/4 knots".
CA: BAC. According to Anderson's catalogue (1952) the model is referenced in the Royal Naval Museum Catalogue (1913), pg 28, Edinburgh Room, No 26.
caption: Himalaya - broadside
caption: Himalaya - figurehead | 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 Himalaya 1853 blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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