BELFAST & KOROIT SS CASINO
Model Specifications
For 50 years, a lifeline to inhabitants on the remote southern Victorian coast. 60cm (24”) length (scale approx 1:80) and 45cm (18") length (scale approx 1:110)
- Handcrafted wooden hull and superstructure
- Handpainted livery, badging and crests
- Handcrafted rigging, flagging, railings, steps and ladders
- Polished brushed steel engraved technical provenance plaque
with coloured engraved Ocean liner flag or Naval crest
- Polished mahogany and flexiglass presentation display case
20cm (8”) length (scale approx 1:244)
Resin-moulded hull and superstructure
- Handpainted livery and badging
- Engraved polished brushed steel nameplate
- Mounted on polished mahogany plinth
- Presented in high-quality cardboard presentation boxes
- Ideal for corporate or personal gifts
Technical Data
Builder:
Gourlay Brothers and Co, Dundee, Scotland
Launched:
1882
Owners:
Belfast and Koroit Steam Navigation Company
First Voyage:
Dundee – Sydney (1882)
Gross Tonnage:
425 tons
Power:
Inverted compound two cylinder 65HP engine
Dimensions:
160.4ft x 24.1ft x 10.2ft
Base Port:
Port Fairy (Victoria)
Sank:
With the loss of 10 lives on 10 July, 1932 near Apollo
Bay, Victoria, after more than 2,500 voyages between Melbourne and the Western ports of Victora, and within 18 days of completing fifty years on the coastal trade
