H.M.S. 'Victoria' timber fragment

A flat piece of polished mahogany with a curved edge and screw holes. On label: ' Portions of after cabin of Sir George Tryon's flagship HMS Victoria, blown out on sinking 22 June 1893 all of the fragments salved were put on HMS Edgar and taken to Malta. N. Byron assistant engineer HMS Edgar.'

Object Details

ID: REL0427
Collection: Relics
Type: Timber
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Camperdown (1885); Victoria 1887 (HMS)
Date made: 1893
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 17 mm x 150 mm x 190 mm