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LOT 151:
GROSSES SCHIFFSMODELL DER JACHT 'STANDART' VON ZAR NIKOLAUS II. VON RUSSLAND
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GROSSES SCHIFFSMODELL DER JACHT 'STANDART' VON ZAR NIKOLAUS II. VON RUSSLAND
Origin: Ende 19. Jh.
Technique: Holz, teils farbig gefasst, Metall
Dimension: L. 210 cm, H. 72 cm
A LARGE WOOD AND METAL SHIP MODEL OF TSAR NICHOLAS II YACHT ‘STANDART’ Late 19th century 210 cm long, 72 cm high. In 1893, Tsar Alexander III of Russia ordered an imperial yacht from the Burmeister & Wain shipyard in Copenhagen, Denmark. The ship was named Standart and very soon became world famous for its size, effective engine and beauty. The Standart was undoubtedly built in Copenhagen because Alexander III was married to Empress Maria Fjodorovna, born Princess Dagmar of Denmark, and she readily supported Danish trade and industry. Alexander III died in 1894, and so it was the son, Tsar Nicholas II, who took over the imperial yacht in 1896, when it was completed. In fact, it was a sailing palace, with several salons, a dining room, a church and even a cowshed. The imperial family liked to spend their summer holidays on board the Standart, visiting family in Denmark, Britain, Germany or when they sailed to their summer palace in the Crimea. After the Russian Revolution in 1917, the Standart had a fabulous fate that is still not fully explained. The official Russian version is that the Standart was used as a target in missile exercises in the Baltic Sea in 1961. Nevertheless, the Russians are still searching for the Standart, because she may indeed have sunk during the exercises. In 1896, two ship models of the Standart were built – one for the Burmeister & Wain shipyard in Copenhagen and another for the yacht itself. The model that belonged to the shipyard is now in the Diesel House museum in Copenhagen, while the other ship model has disappeared. This ship model was probably built in the years 1893-1896 by one of the employees of the Burmeister & Wain shipyard.
A LARGE WOOD AND METAL SHIP MODEL OF TSAR NICHOLAS II YACHT ‘STANDART’ Late 19th century 210 cm long, 72 cm high. In 1893, Tsar Alexander III of Russia ordered an imperial yacht from the Burmeister & Wain shipyard in Copenhagen, Denmark. The ship was named Standart and very soon became world famous for its size, effective engine and beauty. The Standart was undoubtedly built in Copenhagen because Alexander III was married to Empress Maria Fjodorovna, born Princess Dagmar of Denmark, and she readily supported Danish trade and industry. Alexander III died in 1894, and so it was the son, Tsar Nicholas II, who took over the imperial yacht in 1896, when it was completed. In fact, it was a sailing palace, with several salons, a dining room, a church and even a cowshed. The imperial family liked to spend their summer holidays on board the Standart, visiting family in Denmark, Britain, Germany or when they sailed to their summer palace in the Crimea. After the Russian Revolution in 1917, the Standart had a fabulous fate that is still not fully explained. The official Russian version is that the Standart was used as a target in missile exercises in the Baltic Sea in 1961. Nevertheless, the Russians are still searching for the Standart, because she may indeed have sunk during the exercises. In 1896, two ship models of the Standart were built – one for the Burmeister & Wain shipyard in Copenhagen and another for the yacht itself. The model that belonged to the shipyard is now in the Diesel House museum in Copenhagen, while the other ship model has disappeared. This ship model was probably built in the years 1893-1896 by one of the employees of the Burmeister & Wain shipyard.
