Lot 65
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A FINE BUILDER'S MODEL OF THE SINGLE SCREW CARGO STEAMER S.S. WILLY built in 1912 for the owner Mr. de Voogd, 164 cm long, 19 cm wide and 17 cm high from the bilge to the middle gangway, complete with anchor and winches, masts, wheelhouse with open bridge, hatches, aft deck with emergency steering position and three ship's boats in davits; and four photographes of the S.S. Willy (5)

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A FINE BUILDER'S MODEL OF THE SINGLE SCREW CARGO STEAMER S.S. WILLY built in 1912 for the owner Mr. de Voogd, 164 cm long, 19 cm wide and 17 cm high from the bilge to the middle gangway, complete with anchor and winches, masts, wheelhouse with open bridge, hatches, aft deck with emergency steering position and three ship's boats in davits; and four photographes of the S.S. Willy (5)

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The S.S. Willy in 1902 at New castle by Wood & Skinner & Co Ltd as S.S. Paris for London and Paris S.S. Co. Ld (F.C.-Strick & Co Ltd) New Castle, England. Sold in 1912 by Mr. de Voogd jr. and was traded in commission by Fa. Berghuis Amsterdam. In 1932 sold to Cia Atlantic de Navago cao lda Lissabon and renamed 'Beiriz'. The steamer was lost in 1937 near the Portugese coast

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