'Active'

Coloured lithograph showing the Active leaving Portsmouth harbour propelled by paddle-wheels devised by James Ryder Burton and fitted in 1819. Burton was promoted to commander November 1819 'as a reward for an invention for propelling ships of war during a calm.' (William R O'Byrne, "A Naval Biographical Dictionary", published by John Murray, 1849).

Object Details

ID: PAF7995
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Active (1799)
Date made: 1799
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Mount: 202 mm x 272 mm