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An image showing 'REL0228; REL0228; Mortar Mortar in cast-bronze, with ridges down the sides and one lug from Armada ship, Duca Di Florenzia'
An image showing 'REL0228; REL0228; Mortar Mortar in cast-bronze, with ridges down the sides and one lug from Armada ship, Duca Di Florenzia'
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Bronze mortar

Mortar in cast-bronze, with ridges down the sides and one lug. Painted on the base 'MORTAR FROM ARMADA SHIP DUCA DI FLORENZIA TOBERMORY 1905'. It was salvaged from the wreck by Captain William Burns on behalf of the Glasgow Salvage Association. The ship has now been identified with reasonable certainty as 'San Juan de Sicilia' originally from Ragusa.
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Object Details

ID: REL0228
Collection: Relics
Type: Mortar
Display location: Display - Tudor and Stuart Seafarers Gallery
Events: Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish Armada, 1588
Vessels: San Juan de Sicilia
Date made: 1588
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 105 mm x 145 mm x 133 mm