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Description: | Scale:Unknown. A contemporary half block model of the cutter-rigged racing yacht Nyria(1906). The hull is carved from a solid block of wood(?) and is painted a metallic bronze colour below the waterline with white topsides above to the level of the gunwale. It has a very pronounced sheer with a curved bow running smoothly aft to the ballast keel. The sternpost is raked aft and is fitted with a half elliptical-shaped rudder, above which is a long, narrow and tapering counter stern. The deck is fitted with a single stump mast and bowsprit, all of which are finished a natural wood lightly stained and varnished. The whole model is mounted on a rectangular-shaped mahogany backboard with rounded corners and moulded edge on which is inscribed "Nyria 169 tons Built by Camper & Nicholson's Ltd Gosport 1906"
This object was sighted as being on display during the Collections Inventory Project (2001-2005); It will need to be checked for object numbers and its condition activity updated.
CA: BAC
caption: Nyria
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | 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 Nyria 1906 Camper & Nicholsons Ltd blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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