A detailed builder's model of the Royal Naval Type 23 Frigate HMS 'Marlborough' Pennant No. F233 built by Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd. with signal masts and aerials, anchors, winches, fairleads, bollards, quick firing guns, missile batteries and storage, superstructure with bridge, radar and radomes, anti-aircraft guns, liferafts, inflatables, davits, whip aerials, aft helicopter hanger, deck rails, companionways, Lynx helicopter and other details, the hull with twin shafts with 'A' brackets, five blade propellors and rudders, stabilisers and sonar dome, finished in red, black and grey and mounted on two turned wood columns -- 13 x 53in. (33 x 134.5cm.). Glazed oak display case

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A detailed builder's model of the Royal Naval Type 23 Frigate HMS 'Marlborough' Pennant No. F233 built by Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd. with signal masts and aerials, anchors, winches, fairleads, bollards, quick firing guns, missile batteries and storage, superstructure with bridge, radar and radomes, anti-aircraft guns, liferafts, inflatables, davits, whip aerials, aft helicopter hanger, deck rails, companionways, Lynx helicopter and other details, the hull with twin shafts with 'A' brackets, five blade propellors and rudders, stabilisers and sonar dome, finished in red, black and grey and mounted on two turned wood columns -- 13 x 53in. (33 x 134.5cm.). Glazed oak display case
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Provenance

ex Swan Hunter

Lot Essay

H.M.S. Marlborough, 3,500 tons, was one of the new type 23 frigates ordered in 1986. Laid down in December 1987, she was launched on 21 January 1989 but not completed until 1991. Dimensions are 436½ feet long with a 49 foot beam, and she is armed with Seawolf and Harpoon missiles.

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