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Deep-sea line block from 'Royal George' wreck
A wooden snatch block used with heavy deep-sea lead line. It was retrieved from the wreck site of the ship of the line 'Royal George', which sank at Spithead in 1782.
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Object Details
| ID: | REL0354 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Deep-sea line block |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Royal George (1756) |
| Date made: | ca.1782 |
| People: | South Kensington Museum |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 70 mm x 260 mm x 90 mm |
| Parts: | Deep-sea line block from 'Royal George' wreck |