Rigging blueprint of Captain Scott's Discovery to sell for thousands

The piece of Dundee's maritime history will go under the hammer on Tuesday.

Rigging blueprint of Captain Scott’s Discovery to sell for thousandsSTV News

A piece of Dundee’s maritime history will go under the hammer on Tuesday.

The blueprint of the rigging of Captain Scott’s ship Discovery has been put up for auction, with a estimated sale price of £2,000 – £4,000.

It was produced by the Dundee Ship Building company and is dated to 1901.

Since then, it’s been in the hands of the family of tent and sail makers Sidney W Millar, which rigged the Discovery ahead of her maiden voyage to the Antarctic.

The sale is part of auction house Curr & Dewar’s collectors and interiors auction that goes on sale at 10am on Tuesday.

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