£600 - £800
A 1:24 SCALE BUILDER'S HALF-BLOCK MODEL FOR THE STEAM TRAWLER CAENEUS, BUILT BY COCHRANE & SONS, SELBY, FOR THE EQUITABLE STEAM FISHING CO. LTD, GRIMSBY, 1920
the 37in. hull carved from ½in. laminated yellow pine with ebonised topsides, lined propeller rudder and deck housing, cutaway masts and funnel, mounted on wooden display board with engraved builder’s plates -- 14 x 50in. (35.5 x 127cm.)
This 339-ton trawler was sold to French owners in 1923 and renamed Petit Poilu; Requisitioned as V.725 by the Kriegsmarine in 1940, she was serving as patrol trawler with the 7th Vorpostenflottille out of Brest when she was bombed and sunk by the Allies whilst steaming off Pauillac, 5th August, 1944.
Hull presents typical minor marks and abrasions commensurate with age. 2 or 3 elements of the deck missing or loose, lining faded, but presents well with a good colour.
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