HMS Polyphemus
Pine figurehead depicting the head of the mythological one-eyed giant, blinded by Odysseus (Ulysses) in Homer's 'Odyssey' . It is finished with black oil paint and weighs 63 kilograms. The ship was a 64-gun third-rate built at Sheerness Dockyard in 1782. She was converted to a powder hulk in 1813 and was finally broken up in 1827.
Object Details
ID: | FHD0096 |
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Collection: | Figureheads |
Type: | Figurehead |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Unknown |
Vessels: | H.M.S. Polyphemus |
Date made: | 1782 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 838 mm x 686 mm x 610 mm x 85 kg |