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Box made from H.M.S. 'Victory'
Silver box with oak lid. In a silver mount on the lid is a miniature of Nelson in a hat. The box is rectangular with rounded corners. A silver plaque inside the lid is inscribed: 'The oak of this Box is part of a plank from the starboard gunnel of the Victory severed by a 36 lb shot in the Glorious Battle of Trafalgar 21 Octob. 1805.'
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Object Details
| ID: | REL0606 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | C, P |
| Vessels: | Victory (1765) |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 25 x 100 x 70 mm |