Dried fish from 'Royal George' wreck

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Dried fish retrieved from the wreck site of the ship of the line 'Royal George', which sank at Spithead in 1782. Glass phial, corked and sealed with red sealing wax, containing a small dried fish. Handwritten label stuck round phial reads: 'Fish blown up from the Royal George in the gt. explosion at Spithead Augt...'

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Object Details

ID:	REL0328
Collection:	Relics
Type:	Dried fish
Display location:	Not on display
Vessels:	Royal George (1756)
Date made:	circa 1839
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 121 mm; Diameter: 25 mm