A fine and detailed 1:100 scale waterline display model of the Bristol Channel White Funnel Paddle Steamer Devonia, originally built by John Brown & Co., 1906

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A fine and detailed 1:100 scale waterline display model of the Bristol Channel White Funnel Paddle Steamer Devonia, originally built by John Brown & Co., 1906
and modelled by C.G. Hooper, with masts, aerials and rigging, anchor, capstan, wood capped deck rails, seats and passengers, wheelhouse and bridge over with railings with spray curtains, helm, binnacle and telegraph, stayed funnels with safety valve extension pipes and hooter, glazed saloon, aft seating, five 'canvas' covered lifeboats in davits, decorated paddle boxes and much other fine detailing. The hull, finished in black, white and brown has lower saloon windows and portholes and is mounted on a painted moulded seascape -- 8½ x 27½in. (21.5 x 69.8cm.). Glazed case.

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A striking two-funnelled pleasure steamer, Devonia was built by Messrs. John Brown on Clydebank in 1905. Registered at 622 tons and measuring 245 feet in length with a 29 foot beam, she was fitted with diagonal compond engines to give her a cruising speed of 19 knots although this was later reduced to 17 knots due to excessive coal consumption. Originally owned by the Barry Railway Company, she was acquired by Campbell's in 1911 and was requisitioned for use as a minesweeper when war broke out in 1914. Released in June 1919, she returned to peacetime sailings, including a cross-channel run from Brighton, until she was again pressed into service when was was declared in September 1939. The following spring found her at Dunkirk engaged in evacuating the beleaguered British Army where, on 31st May, she was bombed by German aircraft and so badly damaged that she had to be beached and abandoned

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