Model, of paddle steamer Colonel Lamb

This wooden model represents the paddle steamer 'Colonel Lamb', said to have been the largest and most successful of the 'blockade runners' supplied to the Confederates during the American Civil War. Built in 1864 by Jones, Quiggin & Co of Liverpool, she was named after the Confederate commandant of Fort Fisher.

Built of steel and with steam engines of 1250 horsepower driving twin paddle wheels, the ship could move at 17 knots and successfully carried vital supplies through the blockade. The model is built to a scale of 1:64.

At the end of the civil war 'Colonel Lamb' was sold to the Brazilian government and chartered to take a cargo of explosives across the Atlantic. She blew up while still at anchor in the Mersey.

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Online ID:	000-180-002-073-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0504: National Museums Scotland Part 2 Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland T.1947.19
Date:	1864 Model: Between 1864 and 1947; Original: 1864
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What:	Paddle steamer / model
Subject:	23. SHIPPING, Steam and Motor Ships (Departmental Classification)
Who:	Colonel Lamb (Confederate colonel) Colonel Lamb (paddle steamer) Jones, Quiggan & Co. (Builder of original)
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Description:	Model of the paddle steamer Colonel Lamb, made to a scale of 1:64 in 1864
References:	Storer, J D. Ship Models in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh: A catalogue of models representing the history of shipping from 1500 BC to the present day. Edinburgh: Royal Scottish Museum Information Series, 1985, p 35.
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