A BUILDER'S MIRROR BACKED HALF MODEL OF THE STEAMSHIPS VAUX & LYS, BUILT 1919-20 BY S.P. AUSTIN & SON LTD, SUNDERLAND

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A BUILDER'S MIRROR BACKED HALF MODEL OF THE STEAMSHIPS VAUX & LYS, BUILT 1919-20 BY S.P. AUSTIN & SON LTD, SUNDERLAND
with cut off masts with derricks, anchor, winches, ventilators, bitts, deckrails, companionways, hatches, superstructure with open bridge with binnacle, telegraphs, navigation lamps, deck house, two lifeboats in davits, funnel, engine room lights, water barrels and other details. The hull, finished in pink and black with white hatches and upper works, rudder and gilt metal fittings is mounted in a mahogany bound glazed case with front-silvered mirror above the waterline and ivorine builders plate -- 18¼ x 80½ x 8½in. (46.4 x 204.5 x 21.5cm.)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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Vaux and Lys were a pair of single screw steel sister-ships built for the Normandy Shipping Company (Stephenson Clarke & C^o., managers) by S.P. Austin & Son of Sunderland in 1920. Identical in design, they were registered at 1,830 tons gross (1,384 under deck & 955 net) although, curiously, the net tonnage of Lys was 5 tons lighter. Both measured 260 feet in length with a 37½ foot beam and were powered by a triple expansion 3-cylinder 201nhp. engine by Richardsons, Westgarth of Sunderland to give a service speed of 10 knots. Coal-fired, with bunkers for 185 tons of fuel, they each had four holds with capacity for 2,500 tons of general cargo. Neither vessel stayed long with its original owners and, renamed under new ownership, their subsequent history is obscure.