A fine and detailed builder's model of the cargo ship M.S. Asbjørn, built for Dampskibs Aktieselskabet "Myren" København by Burgmeister & Wains Maskin & Skibsbyggeri, København, 1935

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A fine and detailed builder's model of the cargo ship M.S. Asbjørn, built for Dampskibs Aktieselskabet "Myren" København by Burgmeister & Wains Maskin & Skibsbyggeri, København, 1935
with masts with ladders, radio aerial, derricks and rigging, anchors, winch, fairleads, bollards, ventilators, deck rails, spare anchor, companionways, hatches, derrick winches, superstructure with glazed wheelhouse with open bridge over with binnacle, helm, chart locker, signal lines, navigation lights, wing bridges with wind shields, water tanks, engine room lights, stayed funnel with ladders and hooters, four ship's boats in davits with internal detailing, double aft helm and other details. The hull, with rudder, bilge keels, two three blade propellors and boarding companionway is finished in red, grey, white and lacquer with silver plated fittings (some paint flaking) is mounted on four turned plated columns within original mahogany glazed case with builder's plate. Measurements overall -- 25¾ x 60in. (65.5 x 152.5cm.)
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Lot Essay

The Danish twin-screw cargo motorship Asbjørn was built for D/S. A/S. Myren by Burmeister & Wain at Copenhagen in 1935. Registered in Copenhagen at 4,387 tons gross (3,075 net and 8,000 deadweight), she measured 378½ feet in length with a 55 foot beam and was powered by her builder's own 10-cylinder 676nhp. engine to give a service speed of 13 knots. Following the German invasion of Denmark in April 1940 - when presumably Asbjørn was safe at sea - she was taken over and managed by the Canadian Government for the duration of the War but returned to her original owners in 1946.

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