A fine builder's model of the cargo ship S.S. 'Elmdene' built 1939 by Wm Gray & Co. Ltd West Hartlepool for Dene Shipping Co., London with masts, derricks and rigging, anchors, winch, fairleads, bollards, ventilators, rope drums, deck rails, companionways, deck winches, hatches, superstructure with bridge with wing bridges and binnacle, locker, firebuckets and DF aerial over, awning stanchions, engine room lights, stayed funnnel with ladder, safety valve extension pipe and hooter, three ship's boats with bottom boards and thwarts, aft steering position and much other fine detailing, finished in brown, red and black with white decks and gold plated fittings, mounted on two turned columns, display stand and glazed cover. Measurements overall -- 53 x 64in. (134.5 x 162.5cm.)

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A fine builder's model of the cargo ship S.S. 'Elmdene' built 1939 by Wm Gray & Co. Ltd West Hartlepool for Dene Shipping Co., London with masts, derricks and rigging, anchors, winch, fairleads, bollards, ventilators, rope drums, deck rails, companionways, deck winches, hatches, superstructure with bridge with wing bridges and binnacle, locker, firebuckets and DF aerial over, awning stanchions, engine room lights, stayed funnnel with ladder, safety valve extension pipe and hooter, three ship's boats with bottom boards and thwarts, aft steering position and much other fine detailing, finished in brown, red and black with white decks and gold plated fittings, mounted on two turned columns, display stand and glazed cover. Measurements overall -- 53 x 64in. (134.5 x 162.5cm.)
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'Elmdene' Principal Dimensions: Length overall -- 416ft; Breadth -- 56ft; Draft -- 26¼in. was lost by enemy action 1941.

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