Ship model, lifeboat "Blight"
Object No. B536
This design of this model is thought to have been used for the first lifeboat to be built in Sydney.
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Summary
Object Statement
Ship model, life boat 'Blight', hull of timber clinker planking stained brown, blue and white trim, benches inside for crew, 8 oars, [Australia] [1857]. Reputedly used as model for first life boat built in Sydney (OF).
Physical Description
Ship model, life boat "Blight ". Hull of timber clinker planking stained brown, blue trim, with white around the edge, benches inside for crew, 8 oars.
DIMENSIONS
Height
160 mm
Width
230 mm
Depth
770 mm
PRODUCTION
Notes
Maker unknown .
HISTORY
Notes
This model is thought to have been made about the time of the "Dunbar" disaster. c.1857. It is reputed to be the model used to construct the first lifeboat built in Sydney.The official lifeboat service in Sydney began in 1858 from South Head , partly due to public pressure following the loss of both the "Dunbar" and the "Catherine Adamson". This was before the self-righting, self-draining British lifeboat design was available.
SOURCE
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Chatfield, 1928
Acquisition Date
4 February 1928
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