A FINE BUILDER'S MODEL OF THE TURRET-DECK STEAMER COUNTESS WARWICK, BUILT BY DOXFORD & SONS FOR WILLAMS & MORDEY OF CARDIFF, CIRCA 1906

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A FINE BUILDER'S MODEL OF THE TURRET-DECK STEAMER COUNTESS WARWICK, BUILT BY DOXFORD & SONS FOR WILLAMS & MORDEY OF CARDIFF, CIRCA 1906
the carved hull finished in red and black, lacquered decks with gold-plated fittings as appropriate, liveried funnel, boats swung out on davits, masts and rigging (some rigging replaced, possible restoration to boats). Overall measurements -- 25¾ x 79½ x 17¼in. (64 x 202 x 44cm.)

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拍品專文

One of the classic Doxford 'turret' steamers, Countess Warwick was built in the company's yards at Sunderland and launched in 1906. Registered at 4,108 tons gross (2,568 net & 3,433 under-deck), she measured 350 feet in length with a 51 foot beam and was powered by one of her builder's own triple-expansion 3-cylinder 310nhp. engines. Originally owned by the Countess Warwick Steam Ship Company (Williams & Mordey) of Cardiff, she was sold to the Sutherland Steam Ship Company of Newcastle in 1915 and renamed Kincardine. One of so many wartime casualties, she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-70 east of Tearaght Island, Co. Kerry, on 3rd March 1917 whilst outward bound from Cardiff to Genoa with a cargo of Welsh steam coal.