Getting out one of the large buoys for launching August 2nd. (Great Eastern)

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Getting out one of the large buoys for launching August 2nd. (Great Eastern)

A team of sailors on board the 'Great Eastern' letting out one of the bouys used to mark the position where the cable was lost. The position was 51° 25'N 39° 6'W, 1,062 miles (1709 km) from Valentia and 606 miles (975 km) from Heart's Content, Newfoundland. Was mounted with PAG8269.; No.4. Now mounted separately [7 Oct. 2002]

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Object Details

ID:	PAG8270
Type:	Print
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Dudley, Robert; Walker, E.
Vessels:	Great Eastern (1858)
Date made:	1865
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Sheet: 205 x 287 mm;