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Lot 3096

An exhibition standard model of the British battleship H.M.S. Barham
T. Sypher (American, 20th century)
69-3/4 x 17 x 30 in. (177.1 x 43.1 x 76.2 cm.) cased.

26 January 2011, 13:00 EST
New York

Sold for US$11,224 inc. premium

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An exhibition standard model of the British battleship H.M.S. Barham
T. Sypher (American, 20th century)

the hull of the model built up in wood, cut, sanded and faired to shape with a painted red bottom, applied black waterline and gray topsides, the decks are of veneer with the planking lines drawn on, and detailed with jackstaff, chocks, railings, anchor windlasses (3), bollards, armed with eight 15-inch fourteen 6-inch guns, two single 3-inch anti-aircraft guns, four 47 mm saluting guns, four 21-inch torpedo tubes; built up deck structures, bridge, search lights, flag halyards, rafts, a full complement of ships boats and gigs (8), a float plane on a catapult, deck boxes, gangway, flagstaff and numerous other details. Displayed on a pair of pedestals within a simple wood framed plexiglass case.
69-3/4 x 17 x 30 in. (177.1 x 43.1 x 76.2 cm.) cased.

Footnotes

H.M.S. Barham (pennant number 04) was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the Royal Navy named after Admiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, built at the John Brown shipyards in Clydebank, Scotland, she was launched in 1914. The H.M.S. Barham was sunk by the German submarine U-331. In an effort to conceal the sinking from the Germans, and to protect British morale, the Admiralty censored all news of Barham's destruction and the loss of 861 British seamen for several weeks, until it became obvious the ship was missing. The British Admiralty informed the press on 27 January 1942 and explained the rationale for withholding the news.

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