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Scale: 1:48. A model of the starboard side of SS Whitgift. Made entirely in wood with silver-plated metal fittings and painted
details. The hull is carved from wood, the lower half of which is laminated revealing different cross-grains, the effect simulating stylised planking. The hull below the
waterline is varnished or polished, and painted black above. On starboard bow "Whitgift". The through deck is made from a single piece of wood and scored to resemble
plating. Deck fittings include a number of tall ventilators with red inserts, a forward bridge wing, hatches with hatch covers indicated in pen, derricks, a truncated
fore and main mast, single black painted funnel, a bridge house with flying bridge, two boats stowed on davits and a rail running the entire length of the ship's side.
Royal Museums Greenwich |
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USS Nero (Collier #17)
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Namesake
Nero (15 December 37 – 9 June 68 AD) - Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus was Roman emperor from 54 to 68, the last
ruler of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. He was adopted by his great-uncle Claudius, thus becoming his heir and successor. Like Claudius, Nero became emperor with the
consent of the Praetorian Guard. Nero's mother, Agrippina the Younger, dominated Nero's early life and decisions until he cast her off and had her killed five years
into his reign (Wikipedia) |
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USS Nero (Collier #17) in Mare Island’s Dry Dock #1, 14 June 1898. Note that she has a very different superstructure than her
1912 photos.
Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum File name: AC 17 3491-5 June 1898. |
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USS Nero (Collier #17) at Mare Island in June 1898. Again, note her superstructure or maybe lack of.
Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum File name: AC 17 3491-1 1899. |
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USS Nero (Collier #17) in 1899 soon after she was purchased by the Navy in 1898.
Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum File name: AC 17 3491-2 06141898. |
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USS Nero (Collier #17) aground on Block Island, 1 August 1902, with two tugs standing by. The original is printed on postal card.
US Navy photo # NH 102991, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005. |
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USS Nero (Collier #17) at anchor prior to World War I, location unknown.
US Navy photo # NH 71828, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of Donald M McPherson, 1973. |
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NH 105442 |
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USS Nero (Collier #17) loading supplies, including livestock, while in dry dock at the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., in May 1912. The ship was preparing to depart on the 1912 US Navy Alaskan Radio Expedition.
US Navy photos # NH 105442 and NH #105441, courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. |
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NH 105441 |
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USS Nero (Collier #17) departing Mare Island, California, 20 May 1912, on the first leg of the 1912 Alaskan Radio Expedition.
US Navy photo # NH 104440, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. |
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USS Nero (Collier #17) off Unalga Island, Alaska, during the 1912 Alaskan Radio Expedition. In the foreground is the second wharf built by the ship to get supplies ashore for the radio station under construction there, the first wharf having been destroyed by a storm on 19-21 June 1912.
US Navy photo # NH 105434, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. |
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USS Nero (Collier #17) moored pierside at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, during the 1912 Alaskan Radio Expedition. Nero made frequent stops here between early June and early September 1912, often to take shelter from storms while erecting a radio station at nearby Unalga. This image is cropped from the original print for NH 105433 (US Naval Historical Center Photo # NH 105433-A).
US Navy photo # NH 105433-A (cropped from NH # 105433) from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USS Nero (Collier #17) returning to Mare Island, CA., 23 November 1912, at the conclusion of the 1912 US Navy Alaskan Radio Expedition. Note the long homeward bound pennant flying from the top of the main mast.
US Navy photo # NH 105437, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. |
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USS Nero (Collier #17) at anchor in a Pacific Coast harbor, prior to World War 1. The original photograph is printed on post card ("AZO") stock.
US Navy photo # NH 92197, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, collection of Thomas P. Naughton, 1973. |
Robert Hurst |
