Bottle

Wine bottle - melted and squashed flat. Reputed to have been washed ashore after Trafalgar from a French ship that was set on fire.

Object Details

ID: GGG0048
Type: Bottle
Display location: Not on display
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: circa 1805
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 32 x 246 x 90 mm
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