HMS Active - with Capt. Burtons wheels, Portsmouth Harbour

No. 10 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)

Drawing inscribed in the left corner and lower right 'HMS Active – with Captain Burtons wheels/Portsmouth harbour'.

HMS 'Active', 38-guns, was launched at Chatham in 14 December 1799 and was in service mainly in the Mediterranean until 1824 when she was put into Ordinary at Portsmouth. In 1819 she was fitted with man-powered paddles, an experimental design by Lieutenant Burton.

Object Details

ID: PAI0898
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Schetky, John Christian
Vessels: Active (1799)
Date made: 1799
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 142 x 275 mm
Parts: Album of marine sketches by John Christian Schetky, mainly Portsmouth, 1795-1863 (Album)