Cargo vessel (Bassett Lowke)
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Cargo vessel (Bassett Lowke) |
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A sizeable red and black clockwork cargo vessel (with key) made by (Bassett-Lowke), with two masts and a single black funnel showing the letter "S" in white.
The model was a prewar design that was sold By Bassett-Lowke in around 1946/47 as a special order to the Smailes shipping company, who ordered it painted in their colours (hence the "S" on the funnel).
A firm of Thomas Smailes and Son was established in 1890 to manage the shipping interests of Thomas Smailes and his son Captain Richard Smailes, and there are also online traces of a company referred to as the "Smailes Steam Ship Company", which might be the same business, or a successor.
