Damaged fork
A four-pronged plated table fork, bent and twisted by heat. It was damaged in the eruption of Mount Pelée, Martinique on 8 May 1902. Associated with Captain Edward William Freeman, who navigated his ship SS 'Roddam' back to St Lucia, having survived exposure to the pyroclastic flow which swept over the harbour.
Object Details
| ID: | REL0310 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Fork |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Eruption of Mount Pelee, 1902 |
| Vessels: | Roddam |
| Date made: | circa 1902 |
| People: | Freeman, Edward William |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 40 mm x 210 mm x 30 mm |