Hello fellow group members,
I am hoping that someone on here can help me, but, I may be a few years too late with my search for images of “
Bryan Young's” scratch built model of the
Steamer General Havelock.
I have read several comments referring to the model and photos on this forum but do not seem to be able to find any, then Bryan posted he was possibly selling the model due to his eyesight and not being able to construct models so easily.
The reason I would like to see an image is that at present I am writing the History of the Line of steamers from Sunderland named the General Havelock, there being four in total plus a sister ship Lady Havelock, his model I understand being based on the last one initially name Leona.
In a newspaper article written an published by The Scarborough News • in April 2014 (
see below, if interested) I have seen an image of a model based on the “Genaeral Havelock” which I believe to be the same General Havelock (formerly, Leona) .
https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/stricken-steam-coaster-ss-general-havelock-1-6577418 Unfortunateley, the story provided and the image of a model do not tie up… the storey is about the second steamer General Havelock, an original photos of that ship being built in the Laings collection (the ship builder) archived at the Tyne and Wear Museum do not match the model in the paper …and by taking the proportions/ratios of length, width and depth they also do not match those of the ship depicted in the article.
I was wondering if the model they have a photo of (in the article) was Bryan Youngs' model, the model in the article does however replicate a vessel in a photo, held at the National Maritime Museum, of the steamerl formerly named Leona then General Havelock, which is the ship Bryan scratched built as a model.
I hope this post in not inappropiate for this forum and that hopefully spmeone may be able to help.
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Regards, John
PS hope that was not too long winded and that you were able to follow it and my request