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Simple steamers, one named “Nimrod” for the English market, the other named “La Esperanza” for the Spanish market. These steamers probably were produced with a variety of names for markets all over the world. The inset shows the same steamer named “Selright”, probably a contract piece for an American toy distributor named Selchow and Righter Toys, a company originally formed in 1867. Until the mid-twentieth century Selchow and Righter was considered a “jobber”, a game company that produced and licensed other people’s games. The company was purchased by Coleco Industries in 1986. Coleco subsequently declared bankruptcy in 1989 and its primary assets were purchased by Hasbro. | |||
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Hess boat label generally used on single vessel boxes. |
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Hess boat label generally used on sets of battleships which included following vessels, connectors (wire or tinplate), flags and instructions. The largest set observed being two battleships, each with 6 following vessels. |
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| Hess Submarines L 6.9” (17.5 cm), W 1.8” (4.5 cm), H 2.4” (6 cm) measurements without flag or key Most of these submarines were sold in sets as following vessels for the battleship or warship. They were available individually as simply rollers, clockwork powered or friction flywheel powered. Another version, rarely seen, is a submarine flotilla or “wolfpack”. This flotilla consisted of three submarines; the lead submarine powered by clockwork followed by two unpowered submarines permanently connected by formed wire. All marked with the “JLH” logo. I have only observed a couple of graphic variations for these. |
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Hess submarine variations Two different graphic designs for these submarines. There are probably others as well. |
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Hess submarine flotilla Lead by a clockwork powered submarine, the two followers are permanently connected by formed wire.
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