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An image showing 'H.M. Steam sloops Rattler and Alecto towing stern to stern, for the purpose of testing the relative powers of the Screw Propeller and the Paddle Wheel... in the North Sea during a perfect calm on the 3rd of April 1845, on which occasion the Rattler towed the Alecto stern foremost...'
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H.M. Steam sloops Rattler and Alecto towing stern to stern, for the purpose of testing the relative powers of the Screw Propeller and the Paddle Wheel... in the North Sea during a perfect calm on the 3rd of April 1845, on which occasion the Rattler towed the Alecto stern foremost...

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Object Details

ID: PAH0923
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Rattler (1843); Alecto (1839)
Date made: 1839; 1843 3 Apr 1845
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 436 x 560 mm; Mount: 483 mm x 632 mm