History of the Dunedin Model Ship;

The Dunedin was one of six iron colonial clippers built by Robert Duncan of Port Glasgow, in 1874, for Patrick Henderson’s Albion Line.

The maritime historian, Basil Lubbock, said of these vessels that ‘there were few more perfect specimens of the shipbuilders’ art’.

The Dunedin and her sister vessels were designed to carry emigrants to New Zealand, and their outward passages were made in under 80 days. In 1881, the Dunedin was fitted with refrigeration machinery.

The Dunedinsailed from Port Chalmers, on February 15th 1882, with the first cargo of New Zealand frozen sheep. She arrived in London on 26th May, having made a 98 day passage.

The Dunedin was lost at sea in March 1890. The model shows the ship fitted with a ventilating chimney for her refrigeration engine. Modelled without this modification, the Dunedin offers an original and excellent example of a magnificent iron clipper.    

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