'Royal George' timber fragment

Timber retrieved from the wreck site of the ship of the line 'HMS Royal George' which sunk at Spithead in 1782. Small piece of oak plank with the painted inscription: 'Piece of the Rl. George Sunk Augt 29 1782 Recovd 1841.'

Object Details

ID: REL0472
Collection: Relics
Type: Timber
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Royal George (1756)
Date made: After 1841
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 15 mm x 105 mm x 55 mm