A hulk, HMS 'Pandora' and HMS 'Herald', 10 May 1825

No. 1 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)

A sketch of three ships with pencil lines crossed through the image. The drawing is inscribed in the upper right 'J.E.Katon[?]Pandora &/Herald/May 10th 1825.'

It would seem logical for the first name in the inscription to be the name of the hulk, but it is difficult to interpret. The ship in the foreground is the Brig-sloop HMS ‘Pandora’, 18-guns (launched Deptford 12 August 1813), and the one in the right background HMS ‘Herald’, 28-guns (launched as ‘Termagant’ at Cochin 15 November 1822, renamed ‘Herald’ 1823). The location is likely to be Portsmouth Harbour.

Object Details

ID: PAI0889
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Schetky, John Christian
Vessels: Herald (1822); Pandora (1813)
Date made: 10 May 1825
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 203 x 279 mm
Parts: Album of marine sketches by John Christian Schetky, mainly Portsmouth, 1795-1863 (Album)