This is the original builder's model of the WINDSOR CASTLE, the first Clyde built ship to have a steel hull. The vessel was built by Caird and Company of Greenock in 1859 and established steel as the material of the future for ship's hulls.
The steamer WINDSOR CASTLE
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Greenock
- Culture
- Period
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1859
- Theme
- Size
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- H:
- 28cm
- W:
- 128cm
- Colour
- Material
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