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Description: | Scale: 1:32. This model has been built plank on frame to illustrate the extreme curvature and clinker planking of the hull. It represents a hoy of 61 feet in length by 23 feet in the beam with an approximate tonnage of 104. It was built for Trinity House and shows the large hatch amidships as well as the windless in the bow, used for lifting heavy weights. The hoys were frequently hired, and sometimes privately owned as pleasure craft.asure craft.
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It represents a hoy of 61 feet in length by 23 feet in the beam, with an approximate tonnage of 104 and was rigged as a single-masted cutter. The hoy represented was a tender built for the use of Trinity House, who were responsible for navigation and pilotage around the coast. The model shows a large cargo hatch amidships as well as the windlass in the bow used for lifting heavy weights. Hoys were seen in large numbers around the coast of the British Isles were frequently hired, and sometimes privately owned as pleasure craft. Their practice of stopping when hailed 'Ahoy there? to take on more passengers or cargo, probably led to the introduction of the hail 'Ahoy? into the English language.
caption: Trinity House Hoy - port broadside
caption: Trinity House Hoy - bow three quarter
caption: Trinity House Hoy - stern quarter
caption: Trinity House Hoy - lead balast internal detail
caption: Trinity House hoy, starboard broadside
caption: Trinity House hoy, port stern � | 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 full hull ship models Trinity House | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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