Gavel made from H.M.S. 'Temeraire'
Wooden gavel with metal band inscribed: 'Presented to the Western Amateur Glee Club by Edmund Chambers, Octr 1838. Made from a knee of the Main deck of the Temeraire, 104 guns, which fought so nobly at Trafalgar.'
Object Details
| ID: | REL0575 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Gavel |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Temeraire (1798) |
| Date made: | After 1838 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 170 mm x 45 mm x 45 mm |