Ship model

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OBJECT TYPE: half-hull/plating
DATE: 1956
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2012.0001.001

MANUFACTURER: Canadian Vickers Ltd.
MODEL: Wolfe, CCGS
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: plating model
Patents: N/A
General Description: wood; metal

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 129.8 cm
Width: 29.5 cm
Height: 14.0 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: Vickers
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Montréal

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: The tools of modern naval architecture dramatically changed with the introduction of steam and steel in shipbuilding. The introduction of steam and steel also brought a demand for better equipment, all of which required more precise instruments for measurement and line drawing as well as new visualisation tools. Plating model are one of the modern naval architecture tools and they largely replaced the wooden half hull models of the 18th century. The plating model may have been given to Mr. Douglas Hearnshaw upon completion of the actual vessel. [Ref. 1]
Function: Used to plan and organise the metal plates required to form the vessel’s outer shell.
Technical: The CCGS Wolfe was a middle class Icebreaker built in Canada during the late 1950s. She was part of a series of middle class Icebreaker/Lighthouse and Buoy Tenders manufactured starting with the second CCGS Montcalm in 1957 and ending with the CCGS Sir Humphrey Gilbert (June), CCGS Camsell (October), CCGS Wolfe (November) in 195 . The first two ships were built by Davie Shipbuilding (Lauzon, PQ); subsequent ships were built by the Burrard Dry Dock (Vancouver, BC), and Canadian Vickers (Montreal, PQ) respectively. All of the ships, save the CCGS Sir Humphrey Gilbert, were listed as scrapped in 1989 and the CCGS Wolfe is listed as being retired in 1986. [Ref. 1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "C.C.G.S. WOLFE" inscribed on metal plate fixed to back board.
Missing: Two metal brackets for suspending model are missing.
Finish: Cream-colour wood model bears lead pencil markings; model mounted on wooden board painted black
Decoration: N/A

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Canadian Vickers Ltd., Ship model, circa 1956, Artifact no. 2012.0001, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2012.0001.001/

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