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A rare miniature model of the twin-screw turbine steamer "Armhem", circa 1947, image 1
A rare miniature model of the twin-screw turbine steamer "Armhem", circa 1947, image 2
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A rare miniature model of the twin-screw turbine steamer "Armhem",
circa 1947,

1 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A rare miniature model of the twin-screw turbine steamer "Armhem", circa 1947,

the well detailed model mounted in glazed oak case with four plaques lettered Twin-Screw Turbine Steamer ARMHEM and John Brown & Company Lts 1947 Clydebank the model 13cm (5in) long, case 20cm (8in) long

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The Arnhem was built by John Brown on Clydebank and launched on 7 November 1946 and completed in 1947 for LNER with a capacity for 600 passengers, and 50,000 cubic feet of grain. She was taken over by British Railways in 1948 and originally fitted as a single class vessel, she was converted for first and second classes in 1954.

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