Timber piece with photograph

Timber with photograph showing excavation works near HMS 'Victory' in Portsmouth Dockyard. It has a typed label attached which reads: 'Sample piece of elm cut from defective cross-beam North Camber HM Naval Base. Removed from site early October. Centre cut and planed in Joiner's Shop 19 October 1972. Original construction made about 1784.'

Object Details

ID: REL0753
Collection: Relics
Type: Timber
Display location: Not on display
Date made: circa 1784
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 32 mm x 423 mm x 188 mm