item details
NameModel warship, H.I.J.M.S. Ibuki
ProductionUnknown; model maker; 1920; Japan
Classificationmodels, warships, ships, naval ships
Materialswood, lacquer, metal
DimensionsOverall: 1000mm (height), 1920mm (length), 650mm (depth)
Registration NumberNS000012
Credit lineGift of the Government of Japan, 1925
Overview
Model of Imperial Japanese Navy Armoured Cruiser "Ibuki".
This model was gifted to New Zealand by the Japanese Government in 1925 to commemorate the services of HIJMS Ibuki escorting the first convoy carrying New Zealand troops to Egypt during World War 1. This convoy left Wellington on 15 October 1914.