H.M.S. 'Victory' caulking material
Caulking material. A slab of oakum full of pitch. Label: 'Specimen of the caulking taken from the main wales of HMS 'Victory' on July 1823'.
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Object Details
ID: | REL0442 |
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Collection: | Relics |
Type: | Caulking material |
Display location: | Not on display |
Vessels: | Victory (1765) |
People: | Royal United Service Institution |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Royal United Service Institution Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 17 mm x 216 mm x 162 mm |