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The kit was designed to have sails but not being into sewing I left her without. Quite a satisfying task and kept me busy for a fair number of afternoons.
Scale model of the barquentine 'May Newton' on display at Harrington NSW.
Details :
Name: May Newton
(Named after Alexander Newton's youngest daughter Maria Alexandria Newton. [May] )
Type: Barquentine / Schooner
Length: 144 ft
Beam: 22.8 ft
Depth: 8.9 ft
Register Tonnage: Gross 214 tons (1 shipping ton = 100 cu ft)
Builder: Captain Alexander Newton Snr.
Launched: 15th October 1878
Official number: ON075003
Signal letters: WNLF
Registered: Sydney 3rd January 1879
Owners:
- Alexander Newton Snr /Alexander Newton Jnr
Construction:
- Carvel built from locally sourced hardwoods.
- White beech decks.
- Hardwood planking and copper fastened throughout.
- 3 stepped masts/ White beech topmasts
- Round Stern
- Figure Head: Female Bust
PART I - EARLY LIFE (1878 - 1887)
1878
The barquentine May Newton appears to be one of the last large sailing vessels built on the Manning River NSW. Named after Alexander Newton Snr’s daughter, she was launched from his Pelican Shipyard. The proportions of the May Newton were somewhat different to his earlier vessels, in that she was long and narrow with a shallow draft, maybe intending his last vessel to be a steamer.
1879 - 1881
Alexander Newton Jnr. as Master followed by William Newton as Master. For two years, the May Newton was a family affair with Alexander Newton Jnr as master, William Newton as mate, and Robert Newton as ordinary seaman. William soon worked his way up and took over the command of the May Newton in 1881. After trips to New Zealand and South Africa, the May Newton made a succession of voyages between Sydney and the Richmond River NSW.
"The May Newton was another of the list which made many a fast trip when she got the wind, and she frequently beat the supposed fliers from other parts of the world."
“In the eighties of the last century the three masted barque May Newton used to load girders at Tinonee for New Zealand, under the command of Captain Newton Jnr. We well remember seeing her passing down fully loaded for her foreign ports”. The Northern Champion 3rd December 1927.
Captain Alexander Newton Jnr, was a daring young navigator, and there in lies a tale. When entering the river in his own ships as a passenger, in very rough weather, Captain Alexander Newton Snr, has known to be heard to tell the commander while crossing the Harrington bar, “Stick her into it, she must come over,” meaning that a rising tide would carry a strong vessel in, even if she grounded for a while. The black hull of the May Newton was very prominent, even though her name was not very distinct, she would pass by the Government wharf and anchor near the junction of the Manning and the Dawson Rivers.
1884
Robert Newton joins crew of the Alexander Newton.
Robert sailed as mate on the Alexander Newton under the command of his eldest brother for approximately six months, between September 1884 and early 1885.
1885
Robert Newton transfers back to the May Newton as Master:
When the May Newton and the Alexander Newton were together in Sydney on 25th May 1885, Robert transferred to the May Newton, gaining his qualifications as master in the following year and spending most of his working life on the May Newton.
1886
Dismasted: After leaving the Richmond River on the 7th July bound for Melbourne, the May Newton was dismasted, and badly damaged. She was picked up by the steam tug Secret and towed safely to Sydney.
Death of Alexander Newton Snr: After the death of Alexander Newton Snr in September 1886, the remaining Newton family formed a partnership. Ownership of both the Alexander Newton and the May Newton was taken over by Alexander Newton Jnr, who managed the partnership and the Pelican property.
For her later life (1888 - 1892) see PART II - LATER LIFE
Image Source: Nicholson Family Collection
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Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site in Steveston
located at 5180 Westwater Drive, Richmond, BC Canada
Richmond’s historical connection with the sea was celebrated at the 13th Annual Richmond Maritime Festival, a free family event at a National Heritage Site.
Over two days, land lubbers and sea-goers of all ages enjoyed activities that delight one and all. Discover local lore, visit beautiful wooden boats, create works of art, bring your picnic blanket and enjoy the tasty treats. Take in music, painters, wood carvers, potters, stilt performers, puppets, story tellers and much more!
The Richmond Maritime Festival celebrates all things waterfront at the Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site. From wooden boats to model boats, water safety to sea creatures, local lore to fishing history, the festival invites visitors to explore a spectacular heritage site and enjoy music, games, interactive exhibits, roving performers, food and much more.
The schooner 'Rifleman' in 1868, as drawn by Arthur Herbert Messenger in 1921.
Details:
Name: Rifleman
Type: Schooner
Length: 82.6 ft
Beam: 18.0 ft
Depth: 7.4 ft
Tonnage: (Volumetric measure 1 ton = 100 cubic ft)
Tonnage: 81.5 tons
Builder: Alexander Newton Snr
Launched: Saturday 14th December 1861.
Official number: ON036732
Signal letters: unknown
Registered: Sydney - 7th January 1862 - 1/1862
Ports & Owners:
- 1862 - Alexander Newton
- 1862/March - J.C. Aickman - Merchant, & T. McClatchie - Mariner, Christchurch New Zealand 8/8/62
- 1864 - T. McClatchie & W. Wilson, Nurseryman.
- 1870 - T. McClatchie & J. Hobbs, Mariner, Lyttelton.
- 1871 - August - Part owner 1871, Captain Joseph Hobbs.
Description:
- 1 White beech deck
- 3 stepped masts/white beech topmasts
- Square stern
- Scroll figure head /female bust
- Carvel built from locally sourced hardwoods.
Launch - December 1861:
Custom House
“The Victoria crossed Manning River bar at 6 p.m, on Monday (16th), and arrived here at 11 a.m, yesterday. She reports the Mary and Gleaner lying in the river, and also the launch of a large three-masted schooner, on Saturday (14th), named the Rifleman, from Mr. Newton’s yard.
The Victoria brings up 280 bags maize, 28 bags onions, 45 cases eggs, 10 coops poultry, 50 hides, 3 casks tallow.
Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 18th December 1861.
History:
1862
The'Rifleman'
"This fine new three-masted schooner arrived from the Manning on Monday afternoon, having left there on Saturday, in command of Mr Alexander Newton, her builder.
She is 77 tons new measurement, breadth of beam 15ft, depth of hold 7 feet 8 inches; length 81 feet on the keel, and 90 feet over -all.
Mr Newton, her builder was formerly in partnership with Mr Malcolm, which firm turned out several smart vessels on the Manning.
He is now cutting timber for building a barque of 80 tons."
The Maitland Mercury Tuesday 7th January 1862.
NEW ZEALAND
After registration, under the command of Captain Newton the Rifleman set sail for Otago on the 16th January 1862 with 34 passengers.
Alexander Newton spent six months with the Rifleman around the New Zealand coast before selling her to Aickman and McClatchie.
John Campbell Aickman was a man with far-reaching interests, whose advertisements in the Christchurch newspapers of the time covered land sales, hardware, furniture, corn, chandlery and clothing.
Thomas McClatchie, Rifleman's first New Zealand master, retained his half-share in the schooner for the rest of her nine-year career.
William Wilson, who bought Aickman's share in the schooner in 1864, was a well-known horticulturalist, credited with introducing many exotic plant species into the Canterbury Province, and was Mayor of Christchurch for a period during the 1860's.
MAORI WARS
1868
In July 1868, Rifleman featured in an event which caused considerable alarm among the colonists of the North Island of New Zealand. Waitangi in the Chatham Islands had become a prison camp for political exiles after the land wars between the settlers and tribes of the East Coast. In 1866 some 180 East coast Maoris had been sent without trial to the Chatham Islands, where their women and children were allowed to join them.
Promised that they should be allowed to return when the war ended, they were docile and well behaved until about May 1868, when it became clear that they faced indefinite exile.
The most active and vocal of the prisoners was Te Turuki Rikirangi, who claimed he had been unjustly imprisoned, and had demanded trial before a Court of Justice so many times that his nickname became "Te Kooti" (the Court) - the name by which he has been known ever since.
ARK OF SALVATION
On the 3rd of July, the Rifleman arrived at Waitangi with a cargo of provisions for the garrison; also anchored in the bay was another smaller vessel, the schooner Florence.
The Rifleman would be the 'ark of salvation' that Te Kooti had predicted.
THE ESCAPE
On the afternoon of the 4th of July Te Kooti put his escape plan into action. The prisoners overwhelmed and handcuffed the men of the Armed Constabulary who were their guards, boarded the Florence and cast her adrift so that they should not be followed, and seized the Rifleman.
With 163 men, 64 women and 71 children as passengers, the Rifleman arrived at Whareongaonga near Gisborne on the 10th of July. Te Kooti kept his promise that no harm would befall the crew, paid them £6 each and provided a letter for the authorities exonerating them from any involvement in the escape.
Meanwhile, at Waitangi, events had turned out just as Te Kooti had hoped: the Florence had stranded and all attempts to refloat her failed, frustrating any chance the garrison and the two ships masters had of giving chase.
WRECK OF THE RIFLEMAN
1871
In August 1871 Rifleman's new part owner, Joseph Hobbs, was in command of the schooner when she stranded on Great Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf.
"By the arrival of a gentleman yesterday from the Great Barrier, we learn that the rumour circulated on Monday last respecting the wreck of the three-masted schooner Rifleman is correct.
The schooner left here on the 29th ult. for the Chatham Islands and that night, it coming on to blow a strong south-west gale, the master of the vessel deemed it advisable to run for the Barrier for shelter. It was Captain Hobbs' intention to have brought up in Tryphena Bay, but owing to the darkness of the night he mistook the harbour and run into Blind Bay, and before Captain Hobbs noticed his mistake the vessel went ashore, striking heavily. The schooner is considerably damaged and there is little hope of being able to get her off again. The crew got ashore all safe. When our informant left the men were engaged in stripping the vessel of her sails, rigging and anything of value."
Wellington Independent 13th September 1871.
Despite this pessimistic report, Rifleman was refloated and taken to Auckland for repair. The accident may have weakened the structure of the schooner, for her end came only a month later.
LOST WITH ALL HANDS
On the 10th of October 1871, Rifleman left Lyttelton bound for Havelock in the Marlborough Sounds, under the command of Peter Toomey.
The schooner was last sighted in a gale off Cape Campbell.
No wreckage, or sign of Captain Toomey and his six-man crew was ever found; Cook Strait had claimed another victim.
References:
- "War and Politics in New Zealand 1855 - 1870" B.J. Dalton.
-"Historic Poverty Bay" - J.A. Mackay."
-"Shipwrecks, New Zealand Disasters" - Ingram & Wheatley
-"Scotchtown and Pelican" - The Shipwright's Tale-by V.A. Newton.
Image Source:
Courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library.
Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962. Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962 :The schooner Rifleman, 1868. 1921. Ref: A-173-006. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23077474.
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We were exhibiting along with the Kilmarnock and District Model Railway club at their annual exhibition.
I was determined to have at least one model of Scottish road, rail, air and water travel. Anyscale models very helpfully fulfilled the water aspect with this uniquely Scottish, manually operated, turntable ferry. This wonderful 1:76 scale, resin set just requires assembly and painting. It thankfully prevented my having to scratch build a CalMac ferry in that scale.
I have painted this in the same style as the MV Glenachulish, the world’s last manual turntable ferry, and featured in the linked video, by Tom Scott. The model however was created by Anyscale as a generic turntable ferry, representative of the type. -https://youtu.be/H2ZBSFiuWIo?si=
At one time turntable ferries have operated at 11 water crossings around Scotland. Whilst the MV Glenachulish is the last active, previously these types were found operating at; Ballachulish, Bonawe, Corran, Cuan, Dornie, Kessock, Kyleakin, Kylerhea, Kylesku (the most northerly), Scalpay and Strome. Before bridges these vessels provided a critical inter-island link for vehicles and foot passengers alike.
I’ve named this “MV Western Spinner”, she’s seen both during crossing and at the slipway, carrying then offloading a Police car and Royal Mail Postbus, both Land Rovers.
Operation Pluto (Pipe-Lines Under The Ocean) was a Second World War operation by British engineers, oil companies and armed forces to construct undersea oil pipelines under the English Channel between England and France in support of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
Model ship ~ shadow play
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This photo shows the Florida East Coast Railway Society N-Trak Model of the Jupiter, Florida Draw Bridge. I photographed this Model Bascule Drawbridge during an N-Trak operating session in our conference room at the Miami Airport Embassy Suites Hotel. Florida State Road 811 (aka: Old Dixie Highway, Aka: Route A1A) runs parallel to the FEC Jupiter Bridge over the Loxahatchee River (aka: Intercoastal Waterway). US Route 1 is a short distance to the East of Old Dixie Highway (A1A), which serves as an alternate to US Route 1.
The Railroad Bridge which is automated and is normally in the OPEN Position so that boats can navigate the river. However when a Train approaches, the bridge issues a Loud Warning Sound before it automatically closes so that the train can cross the Loxahatchee River. I believe that the Highway Bridge Modeled (here) is the US Route 1 Bridge because I believe that the A1A Bridge is not that high. There probably wasn't enough room on the N-Trak Module to fit both Hwy Bridges.
N-Trak is a model railroad assembled with individual modules to form an operating N Scale Operating Model Railroad that can be quickly assembled for Shows, Displays, Festivals and Conventions. The standard module is two feet wide, and four feet long. See:
I had a niece who did this. She couldn't be around any water without falling in and getting wet. Hopefully, she has outgrown that habit:)
"Bob and Judy Reader" by Grace E. Storm, published by Lyons and Carnahan, 1936. Illustrated by Vera Stone Norman.
Model boats seem to be a speciality in Sinop - the craft supposedly started by inmates of the local jail
Beautiful example of a WWII era German "schnellboote" (sp?) or 'speedboat' This one means business with a pair of torpedo tubes in its bow.
2 radio-controlled model tugs, 'Ayton Cross' & 'Brackengarth, on the water at Murdieston Dam, Greenock. 'Ayton Cross' has working lights and 'Brackengarth' working fire-fighting monitors. I was privileged to have a wee shot of sailing 'Ayton Cross'! Both models were built by a senior and very experienced member of Greenock Model Yacht and Power Boat Club.
When living in Lewes we drank at a wonderful little pub called the White Star. The owner, Marcus Warland, was a collector of White Star Line (briefly the owners of the Titanic) memorabilia. He commissioned me to build him a model of the Titanic for the pub. The wooden model is over 40 inches long and has working internal and navigation lights. The hull is made from steamed wooden planks with copper nails and the funnels are steam-bent plywood on wooden formers.
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honolulu, hawaii
1973
r/c model boat, waikiki marina
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
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These little Puffer models are sold as ornaments but are just crying out to be motorised and radio controlled. (So naturally that is what I did with it.)
Just a couple of weeks from sea trials, my little scratchbuilt Norwegian passenger ship is starting to look the part.
Scale model of the barquentine 'Alexander Newton' on display at Harrington NSW.
Details :
Official number: ON 073360
Registered Sydney 27/1876
Type: Barque
Length: 151.8 ft
Beam: 25.5 ft
Depth: 12.0 ft
Builder: Alexander Newton Snr & Alexander Newton Jnr
Launched: 27th January 1876
Signal Letters: WNKL
Gross Register: 309 tons
Registered: Sydney 26th April 1876
Owner: Alexander Newton & Alexander Newton Jnr.
Construction :
Carvel built from locally sourced hardwoods, white beech decks and topmasts, she was fitted with 3 masts, round stern, break deck and cabin deckhouse forward for the galley and crew space. The figurehead was the bust of a “white haired man with a beard”.
Launch :
The Alexander Newton was originally named The Father at launch on Thursday 27th January 1876, between 11 and 12 o’clock.
Witnessed by around seventy to eighty people, hearty cheers rang out as The Father successfully glided into the Manning River at the Pelican Shipbuilding yard, floating “like a duck”.
She was the largest vessel ever launched on the Manning River, and due to her size was bar bound for two months at Harrington after her launch waiting for a suitable crossing.
History :
A passage from the late Rebecca Linton's book Crossing the Bar probably best describes the great vessel.
“The Alexander Newton was a famous barque and made many a fast passage.
On one occasion she came from Queenscliff (Victoria) to Sydney Heads in 54 hours. She was under a foresail and lower topsails all the way. On another occasion, when loading in China for Adelaide, she had to wait until two competitors….one a British-built vessel and the other a German craft….were at sea before she had finished loading, but all the same, she was at Adelaide before either of them.”
Under the command of Alexander Newton Jnr, and his brother William among the crew, she made many a passage between ports in Manchuria, South Africa and Singapore, with cargoes of grain, tea, rice, coal and sugar.
Also on occasions she carried groups of Chinese labourers to Singapore or Saigon.
It was to be on a voyage from Port Stephens NSW to Napier NZ with a load of wharf piles that the Alexander Newton would meet her demise in 1894.
Wrecked : 18th June 1894
On Thursday the 14th June at midnight the Alexander Newton rounded Cape Palliser N.Z, the wind being from the N.E. On Saturday evening the wind shifted to S.S.E. and by daylight Sunday morning Bare Island was bearing N.W. 10 miles ahead.
By Monday morning the weather had deteriorated with freshening winds, soon turning to a violent gale, lifting the seas.
Leaking badly, Captain Harwood stood his vessel to sea as much as possible but, by 11-30am on Monday the 18th when the fog had lifted, the crew found themselves close into shore with heavy seas pounding the Alexander Newton; she was forced onto a rocky reef 200 yards from Portland Island.
On impact, the captain was at the wheel when he was hit by a tremendous wave washing him violently against the deck house, bleeding profusely and unable to be secured by the crew was washed over the side by another huge breaking sea.
A few minutes after she struck, the Alexander Newton began to break up. All but three of the crew managed to get lifebelts on, make their way forward, and dropped into the sea off the jib boom.
The survivors made their way to the lighthouse where they were taken care of with dry clothes, food and shelter.
On the Wednesday morning at 9 am the passing vessel Poherua was signalled, steamed around to the western side of the island and lowered a boat, picking up the remaining shipwrecked crew.
Those who survived where: Thomas Potts (Mate); Francis Edwards (Second Mate); Able Seamen William Hodgson, Charles McDonald, Charles Suckatorff and Alexander Olsen.
Captain John Harwood, Able Seaman Charles Hendwick and the cook, Mr Baker, were drowned in the disaster.
The Alexander Newton was owned at the time by Mr William Johnson and insured for ₤1500.
Image Source: Nicholson Family Collection
References: Linton, Rebecca (2004). Crossing the Bar: Harrington a Gateway. Focus Publishing, Bondi Junction, NSW.
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In the early 1960s launched a range of three clockwork boats moulded in plastic. in the words of the Meccano Magazine of the time - 'Hornby Speed Boats - Famed for Reliability and Realism
'Here are three excellent scale models of popular marine craft. Each is powered by a strong nickel-plated clockwork motor, giving 120 to 140 feet on one winding. Propellors and adjustable rudders are of solid brass. You'll be proud to own a Hornby Speedboat. The use of high impact Polystyrene in these models enables toughness and strength to be combined with greater buoyancy and accurate detailing of the decks and superstructure.'
In practice while closer to 'models' compared with their Tri-ang competitors, they were less robust and with too many small pieces to fall off, get lost or be broken. One innovation was a buoyancy aid for the keys.
In addition to the RAF launch shown here there was an open cockpit speed boat and a patrol boat. They turn up at toy auctions from time to time....
When living in Lewes we drank at a wonderful little pub called the White Star. The owner, Marcus Warland, was a collector of White Star Line (briefly the owners of the Titanic) memorabilia. He commissioned me to build him a model of the Titanic for the pub. The wooden model is over 40 inches long and has working internal and navigation lights. The hull is made from steamed wooden planks with copper nails and the funnels are steam-bent plywood on wooden formers.
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Spent a couple of hours at the Irvine beachpark Pond with the TGB model on Wed evening, very Quiet, NO other boaters and very few dog walkers!
The kit was designed to have sails but not being into sewing I left her without. Quite a satisfying task and kept me busy for a fair number of afternoons.
After a lot of fiddly work on the stanchion, handrails and rigging she now looks presentable once again
honolulu, hawaii
1973
young man with r/c model boat, waikiki marina
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
After a lot of fiddly work on the stanchion, handrails and rigging she now looks presentable once again
The sails of several model ships in the window of the Lannan Ship Model Gallery in Boston's Financial District.
Taken and originally posted in 2005.
During the inter-war period the Underground Group, that also owned the General Buses , and the successor organisation after 1933, London Transport, issued a series of leaflets in which were collected series of newspaper adverts. These were often commissioned, as were panel and full size posters, from various artists and designers. This series of seven, showing activities and destinations on a typical London Sunday are by artist Arthur Watts. It is worth recalling that for many decades British Sunday's were markedly quieter days than today; most shops and businesses were closed and the day was intended for religious observance, family events or cultural activities such as museums and art galleries.
The seven adverts feature; Petticoat Lane Market via Aldgate East station, Speakers Corner via Marble Arch station, Regents Park via the station of that name, model boats on the Round Pond in Kensington Gardens via High Street Kensington station, the Victoria & Albert Museum via South Kensington, Hyde Park via Hyde Park Corner station and the Natural History Museum, again via South Kensington. The artist depicts these busy scenes, and with vignettes, and it must be rememebered that the illustrations could contain depictions that conform to the contemporary social attitudes and not those we would expect today. This copy of the leaflet was acquired some years ago via a dealer having been surplus from the LT publicity files. It was likely printed by the Curwen Press in Plaistow, London.
Arthur George Watts DSO (1883 - 1935) was a noted illustrator and artist who was widely commissioned for periodicals and advertising. Watts, who had won the DSO for bravery during wartime service in the Royal Naval Reserve, was killed in a crash of a KLM flight in the Italian Alps on 20 July 1935.