Posted by Scott Andrews on February 22, 1999 at 08:27:48 in 205.147.245.41:
In Reply to: Californian Model posted by Stephen Daniels on February 22, 1999 at 02:25:19:
: Someone has just told me they saw a six ft model of the Californian in a hotel - it says it was built in Glasgow in 1907 (the real ship that is - not the model, in fact the model will be older as it is the one the shipbuilders used while planning the real thing). Is this the same Californian that allegedly stood by and watched Titanic go down?
: Regards,
: Stephen.
Stephen,
It would be hard to say with 100% certainty, but the date of completion and location of construction sound right. If you can find out the exact location of that model, please post it. You are in the UK, if memory serves me? There are numerous members of the various Titanic societies there that would love to get a look at that model, some of whom may wish to photograph that model and publish the photos in their journals. The Californian was a small vessel of around 5000 tons with four masts and a single funnel. If this is in fact Stanley Lord's Californian, I'm sure there would be some interest in photos of that model by some of us on this board. Good photos of the ship showing any real detail are practically nonexistant.
Regards,
Scott