£400 - £600
A SAILOR'S PICTURE HALF MODEL OF THE WHITE STAR LINER R.M.S. OCEANIC, CIRCA 1900
the 20in hull carved from the solid, pierced with white-painted portholes, deck and super-structure with naive fittings, including winches, lifeboats and davits, funnels with cotton wool 'smoke', masts and some carved crew, mounted on a painted sky backboard, with painted cotton wool 'sea', framed and glazed in wall hanging case -- 19 x 35in. (48 x 89cm.)
Designated an Armed Merchant Cruiser and part-funded by the Admiralty, the 17,000-ton liner Oceanic was supplied with 4.7in. guns and sent to patrol the Orkneys as soon as War commenced in August 1914. The unsuitablily of these vessels for such tasks was quickly revealed when on September 8th, 1914, she ran on the rocks of Foula Island in the Shetlands in a dense fog. The trawler Glenogil sighted the Oceanic 'as if in dry dock' and came to her assistance, taking off the crew of 400 officers and ratings. She quickly became a complete wreck and, with only half an hour of slack tide a day, was not salvaged until the 1970's.
Some loose elements and dust. Backboard with some paint chips and cracking along the seams. Old wear commensurate with age.
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