Charles Miller
Los 304
A BUILDER'S WATERLINE MODEL FOR THE TURBINE STEAMERS ISLE OF JERSEY AND ISLE OF GUERNSEY BUILT FOR THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. BY DENNY BROTHERS, DUMBARTON, 1930
the laminated and carved hull finished in black with lacquered decks, lined superstructure with silvered fittings, twin raked stayed funnels, fitted lifeboats in davits, wood-capped deckrails, mushroom and standard ventilators, bridge with binnacle over, anchor winches with studded chains and other much fine detailing, mounted on a rippled glass velvet-backed sea with builder's plates, glazed case and stand, measurements including stand -- 70 x 90 x 24in. (178 x 229 x 61cm.)
This pair of passenger ferries were ordered by Southern Railways for the Southampton to Channel Islands crossing in 1929 and built by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton. They were registered at 306ft in length and displaced 864 tons (net). The Isle of Jersey became Hospital Ship No 3 during World War II serving in Northern Waters and the Mediterranean, and also at the Normandy landings in June 1944. She returned to cross channel service after the war and was sold to a Libyan buyer in 1960 before being scrapped in 1963. The Isle of Guernsey also saw service as a hospital ship, including Dunkirk, and later as a training vessel and landing ship. She was scrapped in 1961.
This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road
