A builder's model of the cargo ship S.S. Castledore, built 1956 by William Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool,

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A builder's model of the cargo ship S.S. Castledore, built 1956 by William Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool,
with signal mast and aerials, derricks and rigging, anchors, winch, fairleads, bollards, deck rails, ventilators, companionways, hatches, deck winches, superstructure with bridge and open bridge over with D.F. and radar aerials, helm and binnacle, awning staunchions, engine room lights, two lifeboats and two ship's boats with bottom boards and thwarts in davits, aft deck house with steering position over and many other details. The hull, finished in brown, red, black and white, with red decks and painted fittings (some old crazing and minor damage), original mahogany-framed glazed case and table. Measurements overall -- 58 x 70½in. (147.5 x 179cm.)
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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. This lot, if not cleared by 5.00pm on Thursday 9 November 2000, will be removed and may be cleared after 9.00am on Friday 10 November 2000 from the warehouse of Cadogan Tate Fine Art Removals Limited. (See below.) Cadogan Tate Ltd., Fine Art Services Cadogan House, 2 Relay Road, London W12 7SJ. Telephone: 44 (0) 20 8735 3700. Facsimile: 44 (0) 20 8735 3701. Rates (Ephemera, Ship's Fittings, Models) A transfer and administration charge of £18.50 per lot will be payable and a storage charge of £3.20 per lot per day will then come into effect. These charges are payable to Cadogan Tate and are subject to VAT and an insurance surcharge.

Lot Essay

Castledore was ordered by the United Merchants' Shipping Company of London and built by William Gray & Co. at West Hartlepool in 1956. Registered at 7,952 tons gross (4,581 net and 11,441 deadweight), she measured 456 feet in length with a 60 foot beam, and was constructed with seven riveted and welded bulkheads. A two-decked closed shelter deck ship, she had five holds reached from six hatchways and her cargo was handled by ten winches and four derricks. Engined by the Central Marine Engineering Works, her triple-expansion 3-cylinder engines could produce 3,700ihp. and she could steam at 12½ knots.

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