A well presented display model of the American Steam Yacht Little Sovereign
A well presented display model of the American Steam Yacht Little Sovereign

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A well presented display model of the American Steam Yacht Little Sovereign
With mast and rigging, anchors, anchor davit, winch, fairleads, bulwarks, wood capped deck rails, companionway, glazed saloon with searchlight, helmsmans position with helm, binnacle and voice pipe, three stayed funnels, ventilators, gratings, deck lights and two ship's boats in davits, one with bottom boards, thwarts and oars. The hull finished in red, white, brown and varnish, is fitted with two shafts with 'A' brackets, three blade propellors, twin rudders and bilge keels and mounted on two turned brass columns on inlaid display base with brass bound glazed cover and mahogany stand
122 x 122cm. overall

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Origanally built in 1909 for M.C.D. Borden. She eventually became a rumrunner and was dropped from Lloyd's in 1924

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