Oyster shell

Collected on Thursday Islands (Australia) by Capt H.J.O. Millar while in command of HMS Torch 1903-5. In 1903 HMS 'Torch' took Major General Edward Hutton (1848-1923) to British New Guinea via Thursday Island to carry out an inspection of imperial defences.

Object Details

ID: AAA2997
Collection: World Cultures
Type: Oyster shell
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Torch (1894)
Date made: 1903-05; 1903-1905
People: Millar, Herbert James Ogilvy
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 35 x 165 x 145 mm