H.M.S. 'Blenheim' mizzen mast
Part of the mizzen mast of HMS 'Blenheim' 1813 with a 32 pound shot embedded in it. The damage was sustained when 'Blenheim' was engaging batteries at the entrance of the River Narva in the Gulf of Finland on 18 June 1855.
Object Details
| ID: | REL0216 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Mizzen mast |
| Display location: | Display - All Hands Gallery |
| Events: | Crimean War, 1854-1856 |
| Vessels: | Blenheim (1813) |
| Date made: | 1813 |
| People: | Royal United Service Institution |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Parts: | H.M.S. 'Blenheim' mizzen mast |