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118 - A 1:192 SCALE BUILDER'S BOARDROOM MODEL OF THE T.M.V. DURHAM, BUILT BY WORKMAN CLARK LTD, BELFAST, FOR THE FEDERAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LTD, 1934
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A 1:192 SCALE BUILDER'S BOARDROOM MODEL OF THE T.M.V. DURHAM, BUILT BY WORKMAN CLARK LTD, BELFAST, FOR THE FEDERAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LTD, 1934 the 32in. laminated and carved hull with bilge keels, the lined lacquered decks with detailed gilt plated and painted fittings as appropriate, companionways, rigged derricks with winches, open boats in davits, bridge with binnacle helm and telegraphs, livery funnel, brass vents and other fittings, mounted on four turned columns within original glazed wooden case with green felt-lining to base with ship's information -- 15 x 39 x 9¾in. (38 x 99 x 25cm.) Provenance: The Honourable Company of Master Mariners; Donated by New Zealand Shipping Company, 1951. A refrigerated cargo ship of 10,893 tons, Durham was fitted as a cadet training ship for both Federal and New Zealand S.S. Co. cadets with forty berths and a classroom. When World War II started, she remained on commercial work until June 1941 when she was taken to Malta and fitted for convoy work with a 12lb gun, two Bofors guns and twenty machine guns. By the end of her Malta service she had shot down two enemy fighters, been torpedoed, mined and beached. Patched up she resumed duties in July 1943 and survived the War. She returned to her pre-War service until sold in 1965 to the Italian Astroguardia Cie. who renamed her Rion, ran her for a single voyage and then sold her for breaking at Taiwan. Model and case previously restored and conserved.
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