Ship model
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MOTOR SHIP/FREIGHTER
- DATE
- 1937
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1971.0410.001
- MANUFACTURER
- DOXFORD, W. & SONS LTD.
- MODEL
- RUGELEY, MV
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- OAK & GLASS CASE/ MODEL IS OF WOOD, METAL, FIBRE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 137.0 cm
- Width
- 15.3 cm
- Height
- 35.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Models
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- DOXFORD
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
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Unknown - Technical
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EXAMPLE OF A 1930'S MOTOR FREIGHTER. "RUGELEY" WAS KNOWN AS ONE OF THE SO-CALLED "DOXFORD ECONOMY SHIPS". DURING A PERIOD OF ECONOMIC DEPRESSION IN BRITAIN, DOXFORD'S WANTED TO DESIGN A VESSEL WHICH WOULD COMBINE QUALITIES OF GOOD HULL DESIGN, ENGINEERING & SPEED, & BE MORE ECONOMICALLY APPEALING TO BRITISH SHIP OWNERS. THIS DESIGN WAS USED ON THE RUGELEY AND ITS SISTERS, WITH A CHANGE OF THE VERTICAL STEM FOR A RAKED ONE AT THE REQUEST OF STEPHENS, SUTTON LTD. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATEBELOW MODEL IS INCASED & INFILLED IN BLACK & READS: 'MOTOR VESSELS/ 'RUGELEY' 'RILEY' 'ROTHLEY' 'RIDLEY' 'RIPLEY' AND 'RODSLEY'/ 9240 TONS DEADWEIGHT/ Dimensions - 419'.6" BP x 54'3" Ext x 28'-8" Depth Moulded/ Built to the order of Messrs STEPHENS. SUTTON LTD. Newcastle-on-Tyne/ By WILLIAM DOXFORD & SONS LTD. Sunderland/ 1936-37'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LOWER HULL RED, UPPER BLACK/ GREY DECK WITH TAN STORAGE HOLD COVERS/ TAN COVERED MASTS & PIPES/ WHITE CABINS, DECK HOUSE ETC
- Decoration
- N/A
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DOXFORD, W. & SONS LTD., Ship model, circa 1937, Artifact no. 1971.0410, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1971.0410.001/
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