£480
A LAUNCHING MALLET FOR SS 'SORATA' BUILT BY JOHN ELDER & CO. FOR THE PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, 1872
the mallet carved in boxwood with name and date of launch, with gilt brass reinforcing rings, contained in fitted plush lined box with engraved silver plate to lid -- 13½in. (34cm.) wide; together with a waterline model of Sorata underway with company colours flying, contained in a bottle mounted on a stand -- 12in. (30.5cm) wide
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Registered at 4,012 tons and measuring 401.3ft with a 42½ft beam, this passenger / cargo ship was broken up at Tranmere in November 1895.
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