H.M.S. Dido, 18. In the hurricane of January 21st 1856 off Raiatea, Pacific...

Hand-coloured lithograph showing the ‘Dido’ badly caught in a storm, port bow view; sails torn apart; fore mast broken, lying on port side of hull; topsail yard on mizzen mast is split; waves crashing on to port side; bolts of lightning present in sky, right from centre. Publisher’s address below image, left.

Object Details

ID: PAH0870
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Kellow, Effingham J; Straker
Places: Unlinked place
Vessels: Dido (1836)
Date made: 1836; 21 Jan 1856
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 327 x 353 mm; Mount: 631 mm x 473 mm