silver mounted box made from H.M.S. 'Victory'
Box, silver mounted oak lid and base. On a silver plate on the lid: 'The oak of this box is part of a plank severed by a 36lb shot from the starboard gunnel of the VICTORY in the BATTLE of Trafalgar 21 Octr 1805.'
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Object Details
ID: | REL0610 |
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Collection: | Relics |
Type: | Box |
Display location: | Not on display |
Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
Vessels: | Victory (1765) |
Date made: | 19th century |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
Measurements: | Overall: 20 mm x 62 mm x 47 mm |
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