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A Shipbuilder's model of the Screw Steamer Indian Prince,
English, 1910,

18 October 2017, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £9,375 inc. premium

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A Shipbuilder's model of the Screw Steamer Indian Prince, English, 1910,

signed with ivorine plaque lettered, Screw Steamer 'Indian Prince', Length OA 351' 8", Breadth EXT 46' 2 1/4", Depth MLD to SD 31' 8 1'2", Tonnage Gross 2845 TONS, Tonnage Nett 1775 TONS, Engines 390 NHP, Built to the order of The Prince Line LTD., Newcastle-on-Tyne, by, John Readhead & Sons LTD., South Shields, 1910, the hull painted maroon and pink below the waterline and with single brass screw, deck details include gilt brass flagstaff, binnacle compass, ventilators, winches and companionways, single stack funnel, four life boats on davits, hold covers and derricks, in glazed mahogany case. Model 109cm (43in), case 131cm (51 1/2in).

Footnotes

Commissioned by James Knotts, of the The Prince Line Ltd., which had formed in the late 19th century, cargo ship S.S. Indian Prince, was first launched in 1910.

It was sadly captured however only four years later on 4th September 1914 by German auxiliary cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm, 210 miles E by N of Pernambuco on voyage from Bahia to New York with a cargo of coffee.

The Kronprintz Wilhelm was successful in the capture of numerous ships throughout the duration of the First World War. In most cases simply ordering ships to stop, forcing them to surrender, when faced with a ship superior in size and speed or barely armed for combat, before sending a boarding party over to the captured ship.

As in the case of the S.S. Indian Prince, over the period of a few days, the cargo was looted and transferred to the German vessel, along with the crew. Bombs were then laid, sinking the Indian Prince by scuttling on the 9th September 2014.

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