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Handkerchief
A printed cotton handkerchief commemorating the launch of HMS Powerful in 1895. Printed with a view of the ship and the inscription ‘A PRESENT FROM BARROW HMS POWERFUL BUILT BY THE N.C. & A.CO. BARROW-IN-FURNESS. Length 300 ft. Breadth 71½ ft Displacement 14200 tons Horsepower 25,000 tons LAUNCHED JULY 24TH 1895 BY HER GRACE THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE.’
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA4283 |
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| Collection: | Textiles |
| Type: | Handkerchief |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Vessels: | Powerful (1895) |
| Date made: | 1895 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 1 mm x 446 mm x 457 mm |