Object Description
A steam powered model of a WWI era Laforey-class destroyer, circa 1915.
Live steam twin cylinder engine, with boiler, and geared propeller shaft.
Length: 101 cm.
Height: 40 cm.
The Laforey class (redesignated in October 1913 as the L class) was a class of Royal Navy torpedo boat destroyers. L-class ships which were built for the Royal Navy by noted British shipbuilder’s such as Beardmore, Parsons, Swan Hunter, Thornycroft and Yarrow. 22 were built, most of their names taken from Shakespearean or Sir Walter Scott characters.
Conway’s All The World’s Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press.