Wooden box made from the 'Royal George'

A box made of the wood of the ship of the line 'Royal George', which sank at Spithead in 1782. Turned wooden box with a lid. Label inscribed: 'the Hair of the Right Honble Lord Visc Nelson, Duke of Bronte in a part of the Royal George. Captn Browne RN.' Inside OBJ0171.

Object Details

ID: REL0393
Collection: Relics
Type: Box
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Royal George (1756)
Date made: 1840
People: Nelson, Horatio; Browne, George Lewis
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 20 mm; Diameter: 85 mm