HMS Gleaner (ex-Gulnare)

Serpent figurehead of HMS 'Gleaner', a wooden paddle gun-vessel of 351 tons originally built as the 'Gulnare' at Chatham Dockyard in 1833. In 1838 she was rebuilt at 371 tons and renamed 'Gleaner' but only lasted to 1849 when she was broken up at Deptford. The figurehead consists of four parts, FHD0080.1, FHD0080.2 , FHD0080.3 and a sign FHD0080.4.

Object Details

ID: FHD0080
Collection: Figureheads
Type: Figurehead
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Gleaner (1833)
Date made: 1833
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 3658 x 1067 mm
Parts: HMS Gleaner (ex-Gulnare)