A fine original boardroom model of T.S.M.V 'Fingal', displayed in original glazed case on stand with engraved brass plaque Built by Blythswood Shipbuilders Co. Ltd. Glasgow for The Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses. Edinburgh. The model finely finished with detailing including wheel house, lifeboats, railings and masks with rigging.* Fingal was commissioned by the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) in 1963 and was the last ship to be built by the Blythswood Shipbuilding Company in Glasgow. Registered in Leith, she was stationed for 30 years in Oban and then for 6 years in Stromness, ferrying lighthouse keepers, essential supplies and maintenance staff to lighthouses, as well as undertaking repairs to navigational aids throughout the West Coast and the North of Scotland. Fingal retired from NLB service in 2000. The name Fingal is believed to pay homage to the King of the Morven (Argyll) in ancient Caledonia during the 3rd century.Fingal's duties included bringing equipment of the utmost importance to some of Scotland's most far-off lighthouses. She was one of three vessels responsible for the Scottish coast and when lighthouse keepers saw Fingal on the horizon, it meant their three week posting was over and that replacement lighthouse keepers and vital supplies were on the way.
A fine original boardroom model of T.S.M.V 'Fingal', displayed in original glazed case on stand with engraved brass plaque Built by Blythswood Shipbuilders Co. Ltd. Glasgow for The Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses. Edinburgh. The model finely finished with detailing including wheel house, lifeboats, railings and masks with rigging.* Fingal was commissioned by the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) in 1963 and was the last ship to be built by the Blythswood Shipbuilding Company in Glasgow. Registered in Leith, she was stationed for 30 years in Oban and then for 6 years in Stromness, ferrying lighthouse keepers, essential supplies and maintenance staff to lighthouses, as well as undertaking repairs to navigational aids throughout the West Coast and the North of Scotland. Fingal retired from NLB service in 2000. The name Fingal is believed to pay homage to the King of the Morven (Argyll) in ancient Caledonia during the 3rd century.Fingal's duties included bringing equipment of the utmost importance to some of Scotland's most far-off lighthouses. She was one of three vessels responsible for the Scottish coast and when lighthouse keepers saw Fingal on the horizon, it meant their three week posting was over and that replacement lighthouse keepers and vital supplies were on the way.
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