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Description: | Scale: 1:24. a contemporary half block model of the cutter-rigged racing yacht Dryad(1846). The hull is made entirely of wood in bread and butter fashion with naturally varnished wood below the waterline and black topsides above to the level of the deck. The bow is slightly curved and raking with the stempost joining the keel at the forefoot. The long overhanging counter stern is also raked and fitted with an angled transom above the sternpost to which is fitted the rudder. The whole model is mounted on a wooden backboard which is painted a light blue/grey and finished with a raised moulded edge of stained and varnished mahogany to which is attached an old label inscribed "No N 2014 Rec'd 1893 "Driad" (scale 1: 24) Presented by Professor J W Groves, Tunbridge Wells. This cutter yacht was built at Cowes in 1946 by Messrs White & Sons for Mr Delafield. Her leading Dimensions were Tonnage 85 tons Length 72 ft Breadth 20ft Draught of water 11ft A built whole model of this yacht to a larger scale is also in the collection.
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.
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Plaque inscribed "No N 2014 Rec'd 1893 "Driad" (scale 1: 24) Presented by Professor J W Groves, Tunbridge Wells. This cutter yacht was built at Cowes in 1946 by Messrs White & Sons for Mr Delafield. Her leading Dimensions were Tonnage 85 tons Length 72 ft Breadth 20ft Draught of water 11ft A built whole model of this yacht to a larger scale is also in the collection (See No N2024A)". CA: BAC.
caption: Dryad
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Messrs White & Sons Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum Dryad 1846 blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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