A series of photographs of both sail and steam ships as well as photographs of a painting showing HMS VICTORY 21 October 1805.
Photographs include HMS HIGHLEN; HMS ASIA; HMS THUNDERER; HMS ROYAL OAK; HMS VICTORIOUS; HMS MARLBOROUGH without rigging or masts; HMS PLOVER; HMS GALLIOPE; HMS LONDON; HMS GOODHOPE; HMS WHITING; HMS PRINCE OF WALES; HMS DUKE OF WELLINGTON; HMS CRESENT; HMS SAINT GEORGE; HMS POWERFUL; HMS MAJESTIC; HMS RENOWN; HMS AGINCOURT (1865); HMS CENTURION; HMS GLADIATOR; HMS OCEAN, and HMS DAIDEM.
Administrative / biographical background
Hardy was at Nelson’s side when the admiral was mortally wounded in the Battle of Trafalgar. Given a baronetcy in 1806, Hardy became first sea lord in 1830, and in 1837 he was appointed vice admiral. From 1834 until his death he was governor of the naval hospital at Greenwich.
Administrative / biographical background
Hardy was at Nelson’s side when the admiral was mortally wounded in the Battle of Trafalgar. Given a baronetcy in 1806, Hardy became first sea lord in 1830, and in 1837 he was appointed vice admiral. From 1834 until his death he was governor of the naval hospital at Greenwich.
Record Details
| Item reference: | OLE/6; MSS/84/065 MS1984/065 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 folder |
| Date made: | 1769-1839; 1800-1807 1800-1900 1805-1840 1831-05-01 - 1832-06-01 1834-07-23 1834-08-20 1848-08-06 1848-11-16 1848 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |