Object Description
A cased model of a sailing ketch built by Dickie & Sons of Tarbert, Scotland, circa 1914.
Height: 58.5 cm.
Width: 76.5 cm.
Depth: 30.5 cm.
Labelled COLLENA [sic], probably COLLEEN by Dickie & Sons of Tarbert, see Lloyd’s Register Of Yachts 1915, page 164.
299 Colleen wood ScKch A.M.Dickie Tarbet 1914 Paraffin Motor. Owner Joseph Buchannan, Glasgow.
A. M. Dickie & Sons (often referred to as Dickies of Tarbert) was a renowned boatyard based in Tarbert, Loch Fyne, Scotland, established in 1868 by Archibald Dickie. The yard was famous for building strong, high-quality, and seaworthy fishing boats and yachts.