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Motor Ship Model - MV Duntroon, 1935
Reg. No: ST 025833
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- Summary:
- This large 1:48 scale model was donated to the Museum in 1965 by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle in the UK, the original builders of the ship.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, 1965
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 1070 mm (Height), 445 mm (Width), 3000 mm (Length) |
| Dimension Comment: | Overall model dimensions, checked 27 June 2007. Height includes two 1-inch dia mounting pins which have 65 mm of thread that would recess into the plinth or showcase base. Pins are positioned at 1725 mm centres with centre of front pin set 600 mm aft of extreme front end of model and centre of rear pin set 677 mm foreward of extreme stern end of model. |
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| Tagged with: | scale models, ship models, ships, wars conflicts, world war ii 1939-1945 |
| Themes this item is part of: | Ship History - MV Duntroon, Public Life & Institutions Collection, Transport Collection |
| Primary Classification: | WATER TRANSPORT |
| Secondary Classification: | Internal Combustion Power - Motor Vessels |
| Tertiary Classification: | model motor vessels - passenger |
| Model Scale: | 1:48 |
| Manufacturer of Item Modelled: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, England, Great Britain, 1934-1935 |
| Ship Depicted: | ., 1935-1965 |
| References: | THE SHIPBUILDER AND MARINE ENGINE-BUILDER, SEPT. 1935, P. 530-541COPY IN SUPPLEMENTARY FILE |
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