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RMS Lusitania
Model of a liner with four funnels painted with orange and black bands. Details of the ship are picked out in gilt. On her bow: ‘THE LUSITANIA’. The arms of Blackpool are printed in colour on the side of the ship; on a ribbon the motto: ‘PROGRESS’, below ‘BLACKPOOL’. On the side of the stern ‘THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 THE GERMAN FLEET SURRENDERED 74 WARSHIPS NOV. 21ST 1918’. On the back of the model: ‘SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE OFF THE IRISH COAST MAY 7TH 1917 LIVES LOST 1275 SAVED 703’. The maker's mark is printed on the base: ‘W & R. STOKE-ON-TRENT CARLTON CHINA’.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA4545 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Model |
| Display location: | Display - Forgotten Fighters |
| Creator: | Carlton China; Wiltshaw & Robinson Ltd |
| Events: | World War I, 1914-1918; Surrender of The High Seas Fleet, 1918 |
| Vessels: | Lusitania 1906 [RMS] |
| Date made: | circa 1920 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 60 mm x 35 mm x 170 mm |
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