Slight sketch of HMS 'Trincomalee' going into harbour, 1819

No. 31 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)

Drawing inscribed across the upper edge of the sheet 'Trincomalee HMS Trincomalee going into harbour April 3d 1819 Jury rig/from India.'

HMS 'Trincomalee', 46-guns, was launched at Bombay Dockyard on 12 October 1817, and arrived at Portsmouth on 3 April 1819, the date inscribed on Schetky’s drawing. She was renamed 'Foudroyant' in 1903 and is the oldest British warship afloat at Hartlepool.

Object Details

ID: PAI0919
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Schetky, John Christian
Vessels: H.M.S Trincomalee (1817)
Date made: 3 Apr 1819
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 160 x 277 mm
Parts: Album of marine sketches by John Christian Schetky, mainly Portsmouth, 1795-1863 (Album)