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Model pilot boat

A 1:48 scale model of the pilot boat Queen Mother built by Charles Hill & Sons Ltd, Bristol, which worked in the Bristol Channel, between 1955-1968. It provided a base for pilots joining and leaving ships there.

J3495, model ship (image/tiff)
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Summary

: J3495

: Industrial and Maritime History

: model ship

: Queen Mother

: 1:48 scale model of the pilot cutter m.v. Queen Mother, 1955, in a fitted glass case. Built by Charles Hill & Sons and worked on the Portishead station from 1955 until 1968.

Model pilot boat

Current Location

On Display at M Shed, Bristol Places Gallery

: Charles Hill Collection

: Charles Hill & Sons Ltd.

: Bristol, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) / England, Northern Europe, Europe

: Albion Dockyard, BS1

: 1955

: motor vessel Queen Mother

: purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the National Maritime Museum 1985

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